MORPHOGENESIS and malignant invasion seem to be dependent on cellular migration and changes in cellular adhesiveness1-3. Plant lectins such as concanavalin A (con A) have been extensively used to study the nature and distribution of lectin receptor si . . .

This review is intended for general readers who would like a basic foundation in carbohydrate structure and function, lectin biology and the implications of glycobiology in human health and disease, particularly in cancer therapeutics. These topics ar . . .

In Strongylocentrotus purpuratus the hyalins are a set of three to four rather large glycoproteins (hereafter referred to as ‘hyalin’), which are the major constituents of the hyaline layer, the developing sea urchin embryo's extracellular matrix. Rec . . .

We know that cancer is the result of sequential changes in DNA changes probably brought on by carcinogens. An initiation event, possibly a mutation, occurs and is followed by a promotion event, which causes the initiated cells to divide uncontrollably . . .

We have compiled a partial list of Nobel laureates in the sciences who love in the United States. You can use the list that follows to invite them to speak, but you don't but you don't have to get a Nobel laureate to your school to benifit from it. Si . . .

In this short communication, we introduce ?-cyclodextrin as a new probe to study mechanisms of adhesive interactions. We show that this cyclic polysaccharide, that consisting of six glucosyl residues linked by ?-1,4 bonds, was the only sugar of 22 tes . . .

An assay using lectin derivatized agarose beads to rapidly and inexpensively identifycell surface lectin receptors was recently described by Latham et al. (1995). In this earlier study, the assay was tested on large, early stage sea urchin embryo cell . . .

An aggregation inhibitory factor (AIF) has been extracted from mouse ascites teratoma cells (that do not aggregate in culture) that retards adhesion of cultured teratoma cells of the same cell line (that do aggregate). Preliminary characterization of . . .

In Strongylocentrotus purpuratus the hyalins are a set of three to four rather large glycoproteins (hereafter referred to as ‘hyalin’), which are the major constituents of the hyaline layer, the developing sea urchin embryo's extracellular matrix. Rec . . .

The spread of cancer is the major reason for cancer-caused deaths. If cancer spread did not occur or if it could be controlled, dramatic reductions would occur in the cancer mortality rate. Localized, nonspreading tumors are usually easily removed or . . .