Reprint
Cell Biology of Galectins
Edited by
June 2022
202 pages
- ISBN 978-3-0365-4448-9 (Hardback)
- ISBN 978-3-0365-4447-2 (PDF)
This is a Reprint of the Special Issue Cell Biology of Galectins that was published in
Biology & Life Sciences
Summary
Galectins are a family of soluble beta-galactoside-binding proteins with diverse glycan-dependent and glycan-independent functions outside and inside the cell. There are sixteen recognized mammalian galectin genes, and their expression profiles are very different between cell types, tissues, and species. This Special Issue covers recent progress in the field of the cell biology of galectins, relevant concepts of galectin regulatory mechanisms, and biomedical aspects of these unique multifunctional proteins.