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.
February 2010
HIV: Banana lectin blocks infection
A protein isolated from bananas binds to carbohydrates of the HIV-1 envelope, inhibits viral entry, and might prevent sexual transmission of infection.
Original research paper: J. Biol. Chem. (published online 15 January 2010)
doi:10.1074/jbc.M109.034926Tropical parasites: Glycome giveaway
A screen for glycopeptide markers in urine of Schistosoma mansoni-infected individuals reveals aberrant glycosylation of host peptides.
Original research paper: Mol. Cell Proteomics (published online 13 January 2010)
doi:10.1074/mcp.M900537-MCP200
