Featured articles
From 2006-2011, the Consortium for Functional Glycomics (CFG) and the Nature Publishing Group (NPG) collaborated to provide the Functional Glycomics Update, a one-stop resource with monthly updates on the latest developments in glycobiology. Here, access the complete archive of Featured Articles, specially written editors' reviews on the most exciting findings in glycobiology. Original pieces created by NPG as part of the NPG-CFG partnership are subject to copyright by the Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited; used with permission.
January 2008
Pathogens and tumors: C-Lectin the dock
C-type lectin-like receptors bind fungal, viral and tumor antigens according to their glycan binding specificity in a process that can now be utilized for new therapies.
Original research paper: International Journal of Cancer 122, 839-846 (2008)
doi:10.1002/ijc.23101Postnatal brain development: Eye candy enzymatics
During mouse postnatal development, polysialic acid (PSA) is principally synthesized by the sialyltransferase STX and mediates the onset of ocular dominance plasticity through its attachment to NCAM.
Original research paper: Nature Neuroscience 10, 1569-1577 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nn2008
