title: My career as an immunoglycobiologist.
abstract: The research program of my laboratory included three major topics: the structures and immunology of human carbohydrate blood group and glycosphingolipid antigens; the tissue distribution, subcellular localization and biosynthesis of glycosphingolipids; and the structural basis of the binding of carbohydrates by antibodies and lectins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, MS 285, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA. dmarcus@bcm.edu
authors.forename: Donald M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Marcus
mesh_terms: D000486:Allergy and Immunology / Q000266:history*; D000906:Antibodies / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D001789:Blood Group Antigens / Q000737:chemistry / Q000266:history / Q000276:immunology*; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D006028:Glycosphingolipids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000266:history / Q000276:immunology*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D002241:Carbohydrates; D006028:Glycosphingolipids; D037102:Lectins