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6 Complex Polysaccharides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1411
6.1 Polysaccharides: Occurrence, Significance, and Properties . . . 1413
James N. BeMiller
6.2 Starch: Structure, Properties, Chemistry, and Enzymology . . . . 1437
John F. Robyt
6.3 Cellulose and Associated Heteropolysaccharides . . . . . . . . . . 1473
Wolfgang G. Glasser
6.4 Gums and Related Polysaccharides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1513
James N. BeMiller
6.5 Bacterial Cell Wall Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1535
Cynthia Ginsberg, Stephanie Brown, Suzanne Walker
7 Glycolipids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1601
7.1 Glycolipids: Occurrence, Significance, and Properties . . . . . . . 1603
Otto Holst
7.2 Synthesis of Glycolipids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1629
Masahiro Wakao, Yasuo Suda
7.3 Gangliosides in the Nervous System:
Biosynthesis and Degradation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1671
Robert K. Yu, Toshio Ariga, Makoto Yanagisawa, Guichao Zeng
7.4 Chemical Synthesis of Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)
Anchors and GPI-Linked Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1697
Zhongwu Guo, Lee Bishop
8 Glycoproteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1733
8.1 Glycoproteins: Occurrence and Significance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1735
Valentin Wittmann
8.2 Glycoproteins: Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1771
Valentin Wittmann