Marine Glycobiology, Glycomics and Lectins
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2019) | Viewed by 66832
Special Issue Editor
Interests: glycobiology; lectins; marine invertebrates
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Dear Colleagues,
Glycans (carbohydrate chains) of marine creatures are rich and diverse in glycoproteins and glycolipids, and also glycan-related enzymes (glycosyltransferases and glycosidases). They are recognized by themselves (carbohydrate-carbohydrate interaction), and/or by lectins (glycan-binding proteins), which regulate comprehensive cellular manners such as growth, differentiation and death. These views lead us to combine the subjects for both marine life systems and human diseases. Standing on the background of glycan-based biosciences (glycobiology), this Special Issue, "Marine Glycobiology, Glycomics and Lectins", welcomes your articles and reviews. Marine glycomics that involves the glycoproteome and transcriptome accelerates our understanding of evolution of glycans, glycan-related enzymes and lectins. Glycomics also promotes the application of marine glycobiology to discover novel biomaterials which contribute to drug development. Lastly, as a useful resource, there are many kinds of lectins, which have versatile glycan-binding specificities and can decipher the codes of diverse glycan structures. They have strong potential to be applicable to medicine and diagnostics for regeneration and/or cancer therapy in the future.
Prof. Yasuhiro Ozeki
Guest Editor
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Keywords
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Carbohydrate-carbohydrate interaction
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Protein-carbohydrate interaction
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Marine lectins
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Structural glycobiology
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Glycoproteome
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Transcriptome
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Glycomicrbiology
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Glycosphingolipids
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Glycosaminoglycans
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Marine glycomedicine
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