1. Editorial

   EditorialNotes Pages: i - i

2. Announcements

   Announcement Pages: iii - iv

3. News

   News Pages: iv - iv

4. Reports of meetings

   • Harry Schachter

   Report Pages: v - viii

5. A general approach to the synthesis ofO- andN-linked glycopeptides

   • Morten Meldal
   • Klaus Bock

   Glycopinion Mini-Review Pages: 59 - 63

6. Molecular modelling of secondary and tertiary structures of hyaluronan, compared with electron microscopy and NMR data. Possible sheets and tubular structures in aqueous solution

   • Raik-Hiio Mikelsaar
   • John E. Scott

   Glycopinion Mini-Review Pages: 65 - 71

7. The role of calcium andN-linked glycans in the oligomerization and carbohydrate binding properties of human immunodeficiency virus external envelope glycoprotein

   • Mhenia Haidar
   • Nabila Seddiki
   • Liliane Gattegno

   Glycopinion Mini-Review Pages: 73 - 79

8. In vitro production of proteoglycans in the articular-epiphyseal cartilage of growing pigs

   • S. Ekman
   • E. Unger
   • L. Kjellén

   Glycopinion Mini-Review Pages: 81 - 88

9. Identification and characterization of the Sd^a β1,4,N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase from pig large intestine

   • Nadia Malagolini
   • Fabio Dall'olio
   • Franca Serafini-Cessi

   Glycopinion Mini-Review Pages: 89 - 95

10. An improved method for the measurement of total lipid-bound sialic acids after cleavage of α2,8 sialic acid linkage withVibrio cholerae sialidase in the presence of cholic acid, SDS and Ca²⁺

    • Mathew A. Maliakal
    • Mepur H. Ravindranath
    • Donald L. Morton

    Glycopinion Mini-Review Pages: 97 - 104

11. Enzymic synthesis of the trisaccharide core region of the carbohydrate chain ofN-glycoprotein

    • Taichi Usui
    • Masahiro Suzuki
    • Hiroshi Sano

    Glycopinion Mini-Review Pages: 105 - 110

12. Molecular species analysis of glycosphingolipids from small intestine of Japanese quail,Coturnix coturnix Japonica by HPLC/FAB/MS

    • Atsushi C. Suzuki
    • Akira Nakamura
    • Kenji Nishimura

    Glycopinion Mini-Review Pages: 111 - 121

13. Tandem mass spectrometry for characterization of unsaturated disaccharides from chondroitin sulfate, dermatan sulfate and hyaluronan

    • Tadashi H
    • Satoshi Okuda
    • Mamoru Ohashi

    Glycopinion Mini-Review Pages: 123 - 132

14. Glycosylation of glycoprotein 55 encoded by the anaemia-inducing strain of Friend spleen focus-forming virus

    • Jürgen Völker
    • Hildegard Geyer
    • Rudolf Geyer

    Glycopinion Mini-Review Pages: 133 - 139

15. Gene structure of the ‘large’ sialidase isoenzyme fromClostridium perfringens A99 and its relationship with other clostridialnanH proteins

    • Christina Traving
    • Roland Schauer
    • Peter Roggentin

    Glycopinion Mini-Review Pages: 141 - 151

16. The ganglioside G_D1α, IV³Neu5Ac, III⁶Neu5Ac-GgOse₄Cer, is a major disialoganglioside in the highly metastatic murine lymphoreticular tumour cell line MDAY-D2

    • Johannes Müthing
    • Jasna Peter-Katalinić
    • Jürgen Lehmann

    Glycopinion Mini-Review Pages: 153 - 162

17. The elimination ofO-linked glycans from glycoproteins under non-reducing conditions

    • Catherine A. Cooper
    • Nicolle H. Packer
    • John W. Redmond

    Glycopinion Mini-Review Pages: 163 - 167