August 2009

• Profiling proteoglycans: RIP them out

  A new approach for the quantitative isolation of proteoglycans facilitates glycomics profiling and functional studies.

  Original research paper: J. Biol. Chem. (Published online 13 July 2009)
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M109.032755

• Tumor suppression: Glycosyltransferases loom LARGE

  Glycosylation of a laminin-binding protein by 3GnT1 suppresses tumor migration.

  Original research paper: Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA (2009) 106, 12109-12114
  doi:10.1073/pnas.0904515106