Glycoscience finally comes of age.
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Glycoscience—the study of the complex carbohydrates on the surface of proteins and lipids—has long been the neglected stepchild of molecular biology. Although genomics, proteomics and now systems biology have become hot topics of biomedical research, attracting both researchers and funding, glycoscience has played a rather minor role. Once of little interest to understanding biology on a larger scale, the field is increasingly being recognized as critically important for the next phase of biological and medical research. Following the genomic and proteomic revolutions, an increased knowledge of sugars, and their composition, synthesis and function in a wide variety of cellular processes, will be necessary to understand structural diversity and recognition, and the transfer of complex information among cells and organs. The perception among glycoscientists themselves is also changing—they now view their research in the larger context of biology rather than in isolation.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- EMBO reports
دوره 6 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005