Role of complex sugar chains on surface of cells
Posted by: joann on Jun 04, 2005 - 06:41 PM
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[excerpt] An international consortium of scientists led by Professor James Paulson of The Scripps Research Institute has created a technology that will advance our understanding of the role of complex sugar chains (glycans or carbohydrates) that decorate the surface of cells in the body. The technology, known as a functional glycan microarray, is a glass slide onto which are printed hundreds of different glycan chains.
The array offers scientists a cutting edge research tool allowing them to analyze the specificities of glycan binding proteins (GBP's), which function through their binding to such sugar chains.
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