Research highlights
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 Research Highlights, short accessible pieces that put into context must-read papers related to Functional Glycomics. 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.
September 2009
Crystallizing glycoproteins
The researchers who published the Ebola virus glycoprotein structure explain how to successfully express, purify and crystallize glycoproteins.
Original research paper: PSI Structural Genomics Knowledgebase (September 2009)
doi:10.1038/th_psisgkb.2009.41Nutrition: Carbohydrate malabsorption in chronic intestinal disorders
Malabsorption of short-chain carbohydrates and an early rise in breath hydrogen after lactulose challenge do not necessarily indicate a chronic intestinal disorder.
Original research paper: Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology 6, 501 (2009)
doi:10.1038/nrgastro.2009.132
