1. Announcements and news

   Announcement Pages: i - iii

2. Streptococcal glucan-binding lectins do not recognize methylated α-1,6 glucans

   • Jing Wang
   • Sujan Singh
   • R. J. Doyle

   Short Communication Pages: 109 - 112

3. The interaction between wheat germ agglutinin and membrane incorporated glycophorin A. An optical binding study

   • Jeremy J. Ramsden
   • Christine Schubert Wright

   Lectin Papers Pages: 113 - 121

4. Expression of membrane-associated C-reactive protein by human monocytes: indications for a selectin-like activity participating in adhesion

   • Victoria Kolb-Bachofen
   • Nicola Puchta-Teudt
   • Christine Egenhofer

   Lectin Papers Pages: 122 - 127

5. A putative carbohydrate-binding domain of the lactosebindingCytisus sessilifolius anti-H(O) lectin has a similar amino acid sequence to that of thel-fucose-bindingUlex europaeus anti-H(O) lectin

   • Yukiko Konami
   • Kazuo Yamamoto
   • Tatsuro Irimura

   Lectin Papers Pages: 128 - 134

6. Mass spectrometric analysis of genetic and post-translational heterogeneity in the lectins Jacalin andMaclura pomifera agglutinin

   • N. Martin Young
   • David C. Watson
   • D Pierre Thibault

   Lectin Papers Pages: 135 - 141

7. Subcellular distribution of terminal α-D- and β-D-galactosyl residues in Ehrlich tumour cells studied by lectin-gold techniques

   • J. Roth
   • I. J. Goldstein

   Lectin Papers Pages: 142 - 149

8. Processing of asparagine-linked oligosaccharides in insect cells: evidence for α-mannosidase II

   • Friedrich Altmann
   • Leopold März

   Non-Lectin Papers Pages: 150 - 155

9. Sialidase of swine influenza A viruses: variation of the recognition specificities for sialyl linkages and for the molecular species of sialic acid with the year of isolation

   • Guiyun Xu
   • Takashi Suzuki
   • Yasuo Suzuki

   Non-Lectin Papers Pages: 156 - 161

10. Negative-ion fast atom bombardment tandem mass spectrometry for characterization of sulfated unsaturated disaccharides from heparin and heparan sulfate

    • Tadashi II
    • Masayuki Kubota
    • Mamoru Ohashi

    Non-Lectin Papers Pages: 162 - 172

11. Identification of the oligosaccharide structures of human coagulation factor X activation peptide at each glycosylation site

    • Hiroaki Nakagawa
    • Noriko Takahashi
    • Koji Suzuki

    Non-Lectin Papers Pages: 173 - 181