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.
April 2008
T-cell development: The sweet face of death
Galectin-1 regulates the threshold of apoptotic T-cell receptor (TCR) signaling, and galectin-1 and -9 (Gal-1/-9) target different thymocyte subsets by recognizing different glycan receptors.
Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry, (7 February 2008)
doi:10.1074/jbc.M800523200Protein-glycan interaction: Enzymes' little helpers
Analyses of carbohydrate binding modules (CBMs) in bacterial carbohydrate-active enzymes (cazys) reveal a broad biochemical and structural diversity.
Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry, (21 February 2008)
doi:10.1074/jbc.M709865200
