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 2010
Protein pathologies: Amyloid guided by glycans
Mutational analysis and tracking of glycosylated isoforms suggest a functional role for glycans in amyloid processing.
Original research paper: J. Biol. Chem., (15 October 2010)
doi:10.1074/jbc.M110.144626Sugar switch
Recent work gives insight into how microbes in our gut flora take advantage of passing nutrients, in this case specific digestible carbohydrates.
Original research paper: FASEB J. 24, 3939-3949 (2010)
