"A new focus on glycoscience, a field that explores the structures and functions of sugars, promises great advances in areas as diverse as medicine, energy generation, and materials science, this report finds. Glycans--also known as carbohydrates, saccharides, or simply as sugars--play central...

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Körperschaft:	National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Assessing the Importance and Impact of Glycomics and Glycosciences (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Washington, D.C. National Academies Press c2012
Schlagworte:	Glucosides Glycomics Research Glucosides / Research
Zusammenfassung:	"A new focus on glycoscience, a field that explores the structures and functions of sugars, promises great advances in areas as diverse as medicine, energy generation, and materials science, this report finds. Glycans--also known as carbohydrates, saccharides, or simply as sugars--play central roles in many biological processes and have properties useful in an array of applications. However, glycans have received little attention from the research community due to a lack of tools to probe their often complex structures and properties. Transforming Glycoscience: A Roadmap for the Future presents a roadmap for transforming glycoscience from a field dominated by specialists to a widely studied and integrated discipline, which could lead to a more complete understanding of glycans and help solve key challenges in diverse fields."Publisher's description
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-158) Introduction -- The landscape of current research in glycoscience -- Glycoscience in health, energy, and materials -- Examples of outstanding questions in glycoscience -- The toolkit of glycoscience
Beschreibung:	xvi, 191 p. ill. (some col.) 23 cm