The Molecular Immunology of Complex Carbohydrates-3 [Paperback]

Based on the third symposium on Molecular Immunology of Complex Carbohydrates, this text covers the latest in glycotopes, structures and functions of complex carbohydrates, recognition factors of lectins, biomolecular interactions and other glycosciences.

This volume?highlights the informative events of the Symposium on Molecular Immunology of Complex Carbohydrates III, held at the Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, on July 15-20, 2007, in Taipei, Taiwan.

Based on the third symposium on Molecular Immunology of Complex Carbohydrates, this text covers the latest in glycotopes, structures and functions of complex carbohydrates, recognition factors of lectins, biomolecular interactions and other glycosciences.

This volume?highlights the informative events of the Symposium on Molecular Immunology of Complex Carbohydrates III, held at the Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, on July 15-20, 2007, in Taipei, Taiwan.

Part 1: Introduction to Glyco-Experiences

Chp 1: Serendipity in Scientific Discoveries: Some Examples in Glycosciences

Chp 2: My 30 Years Devotion to the N-linked Oligosaccharide Structures

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Part 2: Blood group ABH/Le-related antigens

Chp 3: Human Blood Group ABH/Ii, Lea, b, x, y and Sialyl Lea, x Glycotopes, Internal Structures and Immunochemical Roles of Human Ovarian Cyst Glycoproteins

Chp 4: Lewis Glyco-Epitopes: Structure, Biosynthesis and Functions

Chp 5: An Unique Endo-b-Galactosidase that Cleaves Both Blood Group A and B Glycotopes

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Part 3: Lectins?????

Chp 6: Recognition Intensities of Mammalian Structural Units, Ligand Clusters and Polyvalency in the Lectin-Glycan Interaction Processes

Chp 7: Adhesion/Growth-Regulatory Galectins: Insightl“%