Neuroglycobiology
By: edited by Minoru Fukuda, Urs Rutishauser, Ronald L. Schnaar.
Contributors: Fukuda, Minoru, 1945-; Rutishauser, U.; Schnaar, Ronald L.
Series: Molecular and cellular neurobiology series
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: Brain -- Metabolism.; Glycolipids -- Metabolism.; Glycosylation.; Brain -- metabolism.; Glycoconjugates -- physiology.; Glycosylation.; Glycosyltransferases -- physiology.; Lysosomal Storage Diseases -- physiopathology.; Sialic Acids -- physiology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Carbohydrates of neural cell glycoproteins : structure, biosynthesis, and function / Kiyohiko Angata and Minoru Fukuda; value: Polysialic acid in adult brain plasticity / Abderrahman El Maarouf and Urs Rutishauser; value: Biosynthesis and function of HNK-1 glycans / Firoze B. Jungalwala; value: Brain glycolipids : insights from genetic modifications of biosynthetic enzymes / Ronald L. Schnaar; value: Synthesis and function of glycosphingolipids / Koichi Furukawa; value: Sialic acids in gangliosides : origin and function / Guido Kohla and Roland Shauer; value: Deficient glycoprotein glycosylation in humans and mice / Harry Schachter; value: Lysosomal glycosphingolipid storage diseases / Thomas Kolter and Konrad Sandhoff.