This book explains the following topics: General Principles, Saccharide Structure and
Nomenclature, Evolution of Glycan Diversity, Protein Glycan Interactions,
Exploring the Biological Roles of Glycans, Biosynthesis, Metabolism, and
Function, N Glycans, Proteoglycans and Glycosaminoglycans, Nuclear and
Cytoplasmic Glycosylation, Sialic Acids, Structures Common to Different Types of
Glycans, Glycobiology of Plant Cells, Bacterial Polysaccharides, Proteins That
Recognize Glycans, Microbial Carbohydrate-binding Proteins, Plant Lectins,
Glycans in Genetic Disorders and Disease, Methods and Applications.
Author(s): Ajit
Varki,Richard Cummings, Jeffrey Esko, Hudson Freeze, Gerald Hart and
Jamey Marth
This note covers Common laboratory tools and
equipment used in biochemistry and molecular biology, Units, solutions,
dialysis, Acid base equilibria, pH, buffer systems,Spectrophotometry
and protein concentration measurements, Cell disruption, cell fractionation and
protein isolation, Chromatographic methods, Electrophoresis, Protein ligand
interactions, Enzyme kinetics, Recombinant DNA technology, Bioinformatics,
Calculations and problem solving exercises.