title: Glycan arrays for functional glycomics.
abstract: Interactions between carbohydrates and proteins mediate intracellular traffic, cell adhesion, cell recognition and immune system function. Two recent papers describe how arrays of oligosaccharide and polysaccharide molecules can be used to investigate these interactions more fully.
authors.affiliation: Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK. kd@glycob.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Drickamer
authors.forename: Maureen E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002451:Cell Compartmentation / Q000502:physiology; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000502:physiology*; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000502:physiology*; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology; D040901:Proteomics / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; D011134:Polysaccharides; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals