With the rapid explosion of genomic sequence databases, there has been an equivalent
boom in genomics, the use of sequence information to define and compare gene families …

Galectins, which were first characterized in the mid-1970s, were assigned a role in the
recognition of endogenous ('self') carbohydrate ligands in embryogenesis, development and …

DNA nanotechnology relies on the structural and functional information encoded in nucleic
acids. Specifically, the sequence‐guided reconfiguration of nucleic acids by auxiliary …

Protein–protein complexes that dissociate and associate readily, often depending on the
physiological condition or environment, play an important role in many biological processes …

This is the second edition of our little red book Lectins published in 1989. In the intervening
years well over 10,000 articles have appeared with lectins as the main subject, and more …

A variety of bivalve mollusks (phylum Mollusca, class Bivalvia) constitute a prominent
commodity in fisheries and aquacultures, but are also crucial in order to preserve our …

Galectin–Carbohydrate interactions are indispensable to pathogen recognition and immune
response. Galectin-1, a ubiquitously expressed 14-kDa protein with an evolutionarily …

The assumption that crystal contacts reflect natural macromolecular interactions makes a
basis for many studies in structural biology. However, the crystal state may correspond to a …

Galectins constitute an evolutionary conserved family of ß-galactoside-binding proteins,
ubiquitous in mammals and other vertebrate taxa, invertebrates, and fungi. Since their …

Galectins are a family of small, highly conserved, molecular effectors that mediate various
biological processes, including chemotaxis and angiogenesis, and that function by …