Carbohydrates (also known as sugars ... and act as structural components of cell membranes.

Every living cell has a membrane covered in chains of sugar ... even help researchers modify or develop treatments. Sugars are carbohydrates – a type of molecule more associated with supplying ...

Cellular receptors are in many cases itself highly glycosylated polymers on the membrane surface, forming the glycocalix of the cell. A positive carbohydrate-carbohydrate or carbohydrate-protein ...

Anything approaching the cell membrane must travel through this carbohydrate forest. Professor Turnbull’s group is interested in understanding how proteins interact with the carbohydrates of the ...