16th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Bonn, Germany, August 31-September 3, 1992 - Proceedings

The role of lectins and glycoconjugates in various cellular processes is receiving increasing interest. Since many cellular glycoconjugates are ligands for lectins, they are used as efficacious tools in biochemistry and cell research. 'Lectins and Glycobiology' provides all relevant techniques to investigate the structure and function of lectins and their various reactions. Included are methods for the preparation ofsynthetic carbohydrate ligands, the determination of physico-chemical properties of lectin- oligosaccharide interactions, the isolation and chemical modi- fication of lectins, and assays to detect and quantitate lectins. Several chapters focus on the study of signal transduction and cellular responses induced by lectins as well as on cellular adhesion and cell recognition involving lectin-glycoprotein interaction. Further major topics are molecular biological techniques such as the use of recombinant or mutant lectin genes.Ohlbach, Hans Jurgen is the author of '16th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Bonn, Germany, August 31-September 3, 1992 - Proceedings', published 1993 under ISBN 9783540566670 and ISBN 3540566678.