Bookedited by Kuberan Balagurunathan, Hiroshi Nakato, Umesh R. Desai.
Contents:
Automated Synthesis of Chondroitin Sulfate Oligosaccharides / Chien-Fu Liang, Heung Sik Hahm, and Peter H. Seeberger
Enzymatic Synthesis of Heparan Sulfate and Heparin / April Joice [and six others]
Production of Size-Defined Heparosan, Heparan Sulfate, and Heparin Oligosaccharides by Enzymatic Depolymerization / Spencer Brown and Balagurunathan Kuberan
Chemical Modification of Heparin and Heparosan / Karthik Raman, Balagurunathan Kuberan, and Sailaja Arungundram
Synthesis of Sulfur Isotope-Labeled Sulfate Donor, 3'-Phosphoadenosine-5'- Phosphosulfate, for Studying Glycosaminoglycan Functions/ Caitlin Mencio [and three others]
Preparation of Isotope-Enriched Heparan Sulfate Precursors for Structural Biology Studies / Xylophone V. Victor [and three others]
Synthesis of Glycosaminoglycan Mimetics Through Sulfation of Polyphenols / Rami A. Al-Horani [and three others]
Synthesis of Selective Inhibitors of Heparan Sulfate and Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan Biosynthesis / Caitlin Mencio [and three others]
Ascidian (Chordata-Tunicata) Glycosaminoglycans : Extraction, Purification, Biochemical, and Spectroscopic Analysis / Mauro S.G. Pavão
Human Blood Glycosaminoglycans : Isolation and Analysis / Md. Ferdous Anower-E-Khuda and Koji Kimata
Chromatographic Molecular Weight Measurements for Heparin, Its Fragments and Fractions, and Other Glycosaminoglycans / Barbara Mulloy and John Hogwood
Mass Spectrometric Methods for the Analysis of Heparin and Heparan Sulfate / Miroslaw Lech, Ishan Capila, and Ganesh V. Kaundinya
Validated Capillary Electrophoretic Assays for Disaccharide Composition Analysis of Galactosaminoglycans in Biologic Samples and Drugs/Nutraceuticals / Athanasia P. Asimakopoulou [and five others]
Fast Screening of Glycosaminoglycan Disaccharides by Fluorophore-Assisted Carbohydrate Electrophoresis (FACE) : Applications to Biologic Samples and Pharmaceutical Formulations / Evgenia Karousou [and seven others]
Capillary Electrophoretic Analysis of Isolated Sulfated Polysaccharides to Characterize Pharmaceutical Products / Zachary Shriver and Ram Sasisekharan
Methods for Measuring Exchangeable Protons in Glycosaminoglycans / Consuelo N. Beecher and Cynthia K. Larive
Heparan Sulfate Structure : Methods to Study N-Sulfation and NDST Action / Anders Dagälv [and five others]
Analysis of Hyaluronan Synthase Activity / Davide Vigetti [and three others]
A Rapid, Nonradioactive Assay for Measuring Heparan Sulfate C-5 Epimerase Activity Using Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange-Mass Spectrometry / Ponnusamy Babu [and three others]
Aggrecan : Approaches to Study Biophysical and Biomechanical Properties / Hadi Tavakoli Nia, Christine Ortiz, and Alan Grodzinsky
Use of Flow Cytometry for Characterization and Fractionation of Cell Populations Based on Their Expression of Heparan Sulfate Epitopes / Rebecca J. Holley [and five others]
A Transgenic Approach to Live Imaging of Heparan Sulfate Modification Patterns / Matthew Attreed and Hannes E. Bülow
Informatics Tools to Advance the Biology of Glycosaminoglycans and Proteoglycans / Lewis J. Frey
Designing "High-Affinity, High-Specificity" Glycosaminoglycan Sequences Through Computerized Modeling / Nehru Viji Sankaranarayanan [and three others]
Using Isothermal Titration Calorimetry to Determine Thermodynamic Parameters of Protein-Glycosaminoglycan Interactions/ Amit K. Dutta, Jörg Rösgen, and Krishna Rajarathnam
Characterizing Protein-Glycosaminoglycan Interactions Using Solution NMR Spectroscopy / Prem Raj B. Joseph, Krishna Mohan Poluri, Krishna Mohan Sepuru, and Krishna Rajarathnam
Glycosaminoglycan-Protein Interaction Studies Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy / Rio S. Boothello, Rami A. Al-Horani, and Umesh R. Desai
Studying Glycosaminoglycan-Protein Interactions Using Capillary Electrophoresis / Aiye Liang and Umesh R. Desai
Histochemical Analysis of Heparan Sulfate 3-O-Sulfotransferase Expression in Mouse Brain / Tomio Yabe and Nobuaki Maeda
Keratan Sulfate : Biosynthesis, Structures, and Biological Functions / Kenji Uchimura
The Sulfs : Expression, Purification, and Substrate Specificity / Kenji Uchimura
The Detection of Glycosaminoglycans in Pancreatic Islets and Lymphoid Tissues / Marika Bogdani [and five others]
Nonradioactive Glycosyltransferase and Sulfotransferase Assay to Study Glycosaminoglycan Biosynthesis / Cheryl M. Ethen [and five others]
Mapping Proteoglycan Functions with Glycosidases / Mauricio Cortes, Leslie K. Cortes, and Nancy B. Schwartz
Cell Substrate Patterning with Glycosaminoglycans to Study Their Biological Roles in the Central Nervous System / Tony W. Hsiao [and three others]
Analyzing the Role of Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans in Axon Guidance In Vivo in Zebrafish / Fabienne E. Poulain
Murine Models in the Evaluation of Heparan Sulfate-Based Anticoagulants / David Gailani, Qiufang Cheng, and Ivan S. Ivanov
Genetic Approaches in the Study of Heparan Sulfate Functions in Drosophila / Masahiko Takemura and Hiroshi Nakato
Measuring Sulfatase Expression and Invasion in Glioblastoma / Anna Wade [and three others]
Synthesis and Biomedical Applications of Xylosides / Mausam Kalita [and four others]
A Strategic Approach to Identification of Selective Inhibitors of Cancer Stem Cells / Nirmita Patel, Somesh Baranwal, and Bhaumik B. Patel
Analysis of the Heavy-Chain Modification and TSG-6 Activity in Pathological Hyaluronan Matrices / Mark E. Lauer [and three others]
Heparan Sulfate Modulates Slit3-Induced Endothelial Cell Migration / Hong Qiu [and three others]
Glycosaminoglycan Functionalized Nanoparticles Exploit Glycosaminoglycan Functions / James A. Vassie, John M. Whitelock, and Megan S. Lord
Role of Glycosaminoglycans in Infectious Disease / Akiko Jinno and Pyong Woo Park
Isolation and Purification of Versican and Analysis of Versican Proteolysis / Simon J. Foulcer, Anthony J. Day, and Suneel S. Apte
Analysis of Human Hyaluronan Synthase Gene Transcriptional Regulation and Downstream Hyaluronan Cell Surface Receptor Mobility in Myofibroblast Differentiation / Adam C. Midgley and Timothy Bowen.