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 2009
Protein trafficking: Glycan structure sorts it out
A mutant cell line deficient in the transport of GPI-linked proteins initiates the discovery of an unknown phosphodiesterase as critical for GPI maturation and sorting.
Original research paper: Cell 139, 352-365 (2009)
doi:10.1016/j.cell.2009.08.040Cell migration: Cadherin glycans branch out
N-cadherin is N-glycosylated in three sites, with glycan branching regulating receptor dimerization, stability of cell–cell contacts and cell motility.
Original research paper: J. Biol. Chem. (Published online 21 October 2009)
doi:10.1074/jbc.M109.060806
