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Advances in carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry. Volume 67 /

Since its inception in 1945, this serial has provided critical and integrating articles written by research specialists that integrate industrial, analytical, and technological aspects of biochemistry, organic chemistry, and instrumentation methodology in the study of carbohydrates. The articles pro...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Horton, Derek, 1932-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic, 2012.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Advances in carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry, v. 67
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  • Front Cover; Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistryand Biochemistry; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Obituries : Nathan Sharon; The Early Years; Love Affair with Soybean Agglutinin and Other Lectins; Biological Effects of Plant Lectins; Lectins as Tools for the Study of Membranes and Separations of Cells; Lectins Involved in Host-Microbial Recognitions; Animal Lectins in Cell Recognition; Teacher, Educator, Collector, Swimmer, and Curious Traveler; References; Chapter 2: Combining Computational Chemistry and Crystallography for a Better Understanding of the Structure of Cellulose.
  • AbbreviationsI. Introduction; II. Information from Crystals of Related Small Molecules; 1. Shape of the d-Glucopyranose Ring; 2. Linkage Geometry; 3. Conversion to Polymer-Shape Notation; 4. Orientation of O-6; 5. Crystal Packing and Intermolecular Interactions; 6. Summary of Section on Extrapolation; III. Energy Calculations; 1. Results on Individual Isolated Molecules with Empirical Methods; 2. Results with Quantum Methods; 3. Assessment of phi/psi Mapping; 4. Hydroxyl-Group Orientations; IV. Detection of New Stabilizing Interactions in Cellulose with Atoms-in-Molecules Theory.
  • V. Modeling Crystals of CelluloseVI. Conclusions; Appendix. Molecular Structure Drawings for Saccharide Analogues Having beta-(14) Linkages; Note Added in Proof; References; Chapter 3: Strategies in Synthesis of Heparin/Heparan Sulfate Oligosaccharides; Abbreviations; I. Introduction; 1. Background; 2. Challenges in Synthesis of Oligosaccharides of Heparin and HS; a. Preparation of l-Iduronic Acid and l-Idose; b. The Choice of Uronic Acid Versus Pyranoside as Building Blocks; c. Stereochemical Control in Glycosylation; d. Protecting-Group Strategy; II. Linear Synthesis; 1. Solution Phase.
  • 2. Polymer-Supported SynthesisIII. Active-Latent Glycosylation Strategy; IV. Selective Activation; V. Reactivity-Based Chemoselective Glycosylation; VI. Reactivity-Independent, Pre-Activation-Based, Chemoselective Glycosylation; VII. Chemoenzymatic Synthesis; VIII. Future Outlook; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4: Chemical Synthesis of Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchors; Abbreviations; I. Introduction; II. Classic Approaches to GPI Synthesis; 1. Synthesis of a Trypanosoma brucei GPI Anchor by the Ogawa Group (1991); 2. Synthesis of a Yeast GPI Anchor by the Schmidt Group (1994).
  • 3. Synthesis of a Rat Brain Thy-1 GPI Anchor by the Fraser-Reid Group (1995)4. Synthesis of a T. brucei GPI Anchor by the Ley Group (1998); 5. Synthesis of a Rat Brain Thy-1 GPI Anchor by the Schmidt Group (1999, 2003); 6. Synthesis of a Human Sperm CD52 Antigen GPI Anchor Containing an Acylated Inositol by the Guo Group (2003) ... ; 7. Synthesis of a Plasmodium falciparum GPI Anchor Containing an Acylated Inositol by the Fraser-Reid Group (2004) ... ; 8. Synthesis of a P. falciparum GPI Anchor Containing an Acylated Inositol by the Seeberger Group (2005).