Essentials of Glycobiology

By Ajit Varki

Book Overview

Sugar chains (glycans) are often attached to proteins and lipids and have multiple roles in the organization and function of all organisms. They participate in activities as diverse as protein folding, leukocyte physiology and microbial pathogenesis. Genetic defects in their assembly are at the root of a growing list of human disease.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879695609
• ISBN13: 9780879695606
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Pr
• Length: 653 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.5" x 1.3" x 9.0"