Biosynthesis of membrane glycoproteins / André Verbert -- Structure and analysis of glycoprotein-associated oligosaccharides / Jean-Claude Michalski -- General overview of the structure, synthesis and degredation of glycosaminoglycans and glycolipids / Jean-Pierre Zanetta -- Basement membrane and extracellular matrix organization / Monique Aumailley -- Membrane lectins as adhesion receptors / Michèle Aubrey -- The involvement of bisecting N-Acetylglucosamine in cancer / Naoyuki Taniguchi [and others] -- [Beta] 1,6 N-Acetylglucosaminyltrandferase V is a determinant of cancer growth and metastasis / James W. Dennis and Maria Granovsky -- [Beta](1-6)-N-Acetylglucosamine-Branched N-Glycans in normal and pathological lymphocyte behaviour / Christian Derappe -- Roles of glycans in bacterial infections: interaction host-mycobacteria / Martine Gilleron, Michel Rivière and Germain Puzo -- Neuropathologies involving endogenous lectins and their ligands / Jean-Pierre Zanetta and Jean-Claude Michalski -- Low-tech mannose therapy for protein glycosylation deficiencies / Hudson H. Freeze, Hinrich K. Harms and Thorsten Marquardt -- Glycoconjugates as vectors for gene and oligonucleotide delivery / Michel Monsigny [and others].