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Multivalent carbohydrate-lectin interactions: how synthetic chemistry enables insights into nanometric recognition
(MDPI AG, 2016-05-13)
Glycan recognition by sugar receptors (lectins) is intimately involved in many aspects of cell physiology. However, the factors explaining the exquisite selectivity of their functional pairing are not yet fully understood. ...
Lectins: getting familiar with translators of the sugar code
(MDPI AG, 2015-01-22)
The view on the significance of the presence of glycans in glycoconjugates is undergoing a paradigmatic change. Initially mostly considered to be rather inert and passive, the concept of the sugar code identifies glycans ...
The third dimension of reading the sugar code by lectins: design of glycoclusters with cyclic scaffolds as tools with the aim to define correlations between spatial presentation and activity
(MDPI AG, 2013-04-04)
Coding of biological information is not confined to nucleic acids and proteins. Endowed with the highest level of structural versatility among biomolecules, the glycan chains of cellular glycoconjugates are well-suited to ...