1. Editorial

   • Iain Wilson
   • Graham Turner
   • Harry Schachter

   EditorialNotes Pages: i - i

2. The diffusion of knowledge about glycoconjugates through reviews, monographs, textbooks and symposia

   • José A. Cabezas

   Letters To The Editor Pages: iii - vi

3. Second Electronic Glycoscience Conference

   • Iain Wilson

   Letters To The Editor Pages: vi - vii

4. Announcements and news

   Announcement Pages: viii - xi

5. Minutes of the International Glycoconjugate Executive CommitteePresident (1995–1997): M.C. GlickSecretary: M.A. ChesterSeattle, WA, USA, 22 August 1995

   Meeting Report Pages: xii - xiii

6. Determination of anti-AGE antibodies in human serum

   • Steffan Baydanoff
   • Emiliana Konova
   • Natalia Ivanova

   Glycosylation And Disease Papers Pages: 335 - 339

7. Identification of lectin binding sites in the rat brain

   • Pamela Zambenedetti
   • Renzo Giordano
   • Paolo Zatta

   Glycosylation And Disease Papers Pages: 341 - 346

8. Evaluation of the efficiency of an assay procedure for gangliosides in human serum

   • Elena Negroni
   • Vanna Chigorno
   • Sandro Sonnino

   Papers Dedicated To Dr Sen-Itiroh Hakomori Pages: 347 - 352

9. A naturally occurring 46-amino acid deletion of cytidine monophospho-N-acetylneuraminic acid hydroxylase leads to a change in the intracellular distribution of the protein

   • Susumu Koyama
   • Toshiyuki Yamaji
   • Toshisuke Kawasaki

   Papers Dedicated To Dr Sen-Itiroh Hakomori Pages: 353 - 358

10. A fluorometric assay of ceramide glycanase with 4-methylumbelliferyl β-d-lactoside derivatives

    • Lai-Xi Wang
    • Nadejda V. Pavlova
    • Yuan C. Lee

    Papers Dedicated To Dr Sen-Itiroh Hakomori Pages: 359 - 365

11. Stage-specific expression of fuco-neolacto- (Lewis X) and ganglio-series neutral glycosphingolipids during brain development: characterization of Lewis X and related glycosphingolipids in bovine, human and rat brain

    • Somsankar Dasgupta
    • Edward L. Hogan
    • Samuel S. Spicer

    Papers Dedicated To Dr Sen-Itiroh Hakomori Pages: 367 - 375

12. Gangliosides protect human melanoma cells from ionizing radiation-induced clonogenic cell death

    • C. P. Thomas
    • A. Buronfosse
    • J. Portoukalian

    Papers Dedicated To Dr Sen-Itiroh Hakomori Pages: 377 - 384

13. Structural characterization andin vivo immunosuppressive activity of neuroblastoma G_D2

    • Ruixiang Li
    • Douglas Gage
    • Stephan Ladisch

    Papers Dedicated To Dr Sen-Itiroh Hakomori Pages: 385 - 389

14. In vivo growth conditions suppress the expression of ganglioside GM2 and favour that of lacto series gangliosides in the human glioma D-54MG cell line

    • Pam Fredman
    • Carol J Wikstrand
    • Darell D Bigner

    Papers Dedicated To Dr Sen-Itiroh Hakomori Pages: 391 - 399

15. Isolation and identification of novel sulfated and nonsulfated oligosialyl glycosphingolipids from sea urchin sperm

    • Takeshi Ijuin
    • Ken Kitajima
    • Yasuo Inoue

    Papers Dedicated To Dr Sen-Itiroh Hakomori Pages: 401 - 413

16. Ganglioside composition of the rat choriocarcinoma cell line, Rcho-1

    • Takamitsu Shirai
    • Saki Itonori
    • Tomoya Ogawa

    Papers Dedicated To Dr Sen-Itiroh Hakomori Pages: 415 - 421

17. Biosynthesisin vitro of neolactotetraosylceramide by a galactosyltransferase from mouse T-lymphoma: purification and kinetic studies; synthesis of neolacto and polylactosamine core

    • Manju Basu
    • Shu-Ai Weng
    • Subhash Basu

    Papers Dedicated To Dr Sen-Itiroh Hakomori Pages: 423 - 432

18. Glycolipids and myelin proteins in human oligodendrogliomas

    • C. -C. Sung
    • R. Collins
    • A. J. Yates

    Papers Dedicated To Dr Sen-Itiroh Hakomori Pages: 433 - 443

19. Biosynthesis of a blood group H₁ antigen by α1,2-fucosyltransferase in PC12 cells

    • Hisako Kojima
    • Kazuo Nakamura
    • Yoichi Tamai

    Papers Dedicated To Dr Sen-Itiroh Hakomori Pages: 445 - 452

20. Recognition of glycoconjugates byHelicobacter pylori: an apparently high-affinity binding of human polyglycosylceramides, a second sialic acid-based specificity

    • Halina Miller-Podraza
    • Maan Abul Milh
    • Karl-Anders Karlsson

    Papers Dedicated To Dr Sen-Itiroh Hakomori Pages: 453 - 460

21. Microscale analysis of glycosphingolipids by TLC blotting/secondary ion mass spectrometry: a novel blood group A-active glycosphingolipid and changes in glycosphingolipid expression in rat mammary tumour cells with different metastatic potentials

    • T. Kasama
    • Y. Hisano
    • T. Taki

    Papers Dedicated To Dr Sen-Itiroh Hakomori Pages: 461 - 469

22. Site restricted and neuron dominant expression of α2,8sialyltansferase gene in the adult mouse brain and retina

    • Akihito Yamamoto
    • Shuji Yamashiro
    • Kochi Furukawa

    Papers Dedicated To Dr Sen-Itiroh Hakomori Pages: 471 - 480

23. Studies of the action of ceramide-like substances (d- andl-PDMP) on sphingolipid glycosyltransferases and purified lactosylceramide synthase

    • Subroto Chatterjee
    • Tavia Cleveland
    • Norman S. Radin

    Short Communication Pages: 481 - 486

24. Structural characterization of blood group A glycosphingolipids recognized by the antibody 3G9-A

    • John B. Briggs
    • Robert Mandrell
    • Bruce A. Macher

    Short Communication Pages: 487 - 494