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.
November 2008
Cell differentiation and motility: Galectin-1 gives them a go!
The carbohydrate binding protein galectin-1 increases glioblastoma cell motility and promotes B-cell differentiation by binding to cell surface glycoproteins.
Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry, (6 October 2008)
doi:10.1074/jbc.M803646200Developmental glycosylation: A small sugar
Fucosylation by the protein O-fucosyltransferase 1 (Pofut1) is required for the development of the enteric nervous system in mice, but blocks acetylcholine receptor clustering on skeletal muscles.
Original research paper: Mol Cell Neurosci. 39, 452-464 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.mcn.2008.07.026
