Functional Glycomics

<p>Section I. N-Glycan Function Revealed by Gene Inactivation</p> <p>Cytokine Sensitivity and N-Glycan Processing Mutations</p> <p>Phenotype Changes of Fut8 Knockout Mouse: Core Fucosylation Is Crucial for the Function of Growth Factor Receptor(s)</p> <p>Section II. Neural Cell Function</p> <p>Cellular and Molecular Analysis of Neural Development of Glycosyltransferase Gene Knockout Mice</p> <p>Roles of Glycolipids in the Development and Maintenance of Nervous Tissues</p> <p>Analysis of Neural Cell Functions in Gene Knockout Mice: Electrophysiological Investigation of Synaptic Plasticity in Acute Hippocampal Slices</p> <p>Analysis of Neural Cell Function in Gene Knockout Mice: Behavior</p> <p>Electrophysiological Analysis of Interactions Between Carbohydrates and Transmitter Receptors Reconstituted in Lipid Bilayers</p> <p>Section III. Notch Signaling and Muscular Dystrophy</p> <p>Methods for Analysis of O-Linked Modifications on Epidermal Growth Factor-Like and Thrombospondin Type 1 Repeats</p> <p>Roles of O-Fucosyltransferase 1 and O-Linked Fucose in Notch Receptor Function</p> <p>Roles of O-Fucose Glycans in Notch Signaling Revealed by Mutant Mice</p> <p>Defect in Glycosylation that Causes Muscular Dystrophy</p> <p>Section IV. Glycolipid Function</p> <p>Identification and Analysis of Novel Glycolipids in Vertebrate Brains by HPLC/Mass Spectrometry</p> <p>Modulation of Growth Factor Signaling by Gangliosides: Positive Or Negative?</p> <p>Activation of Natural Killer T Cells by Glycolipids</p> <p>Section V. Glycolipid Interaction</p> <p>Determination of Glycolipid–Protein Interaction Specificity</p> <p>Analysis of Carbohydrate–Carbohydrate Interactions Using Gold Glyconanoparticles and Oligosaccharide Self-Assembling Monolayers</p> <p>Section VI. Galectin Function</p> <p>Galectin Interactions with Extracellular Matrix and Effects on Cellular Function</p> <p>Galectins in Apoptosis</p> <p>On the Role of Galectins in Signal Transduction</p> <p>Section VII. Newly Developed Field</p> <p>Helicobacter pylori Adhesion to Carbohydrates</p> <p>Caenorhabditis elegans Carbohydrates in Bacterial Toxin Resistance</p> <p>N-Glycans Are Involved in the Response of Caenorhabditis elegans to Bacterial Pathogens</p> <p>Detection of Cytoplasmic Glycosylation Associated with Hydroxyproline</p> <p>Author Index</p> <p>Subject Index</p>