Mumps virus (MuV) remains an important pathogen worldwide, causing epidemic parotitis,
orchitis, meningitis, and encephalitis. Here we show that MuV preferentially uses a …

Mumps virus (MuV) is an important aerosol-transmitted human pathogen causing epidemic
parotitis, meningitis, encephalitis, and deafness. MuV preferentially uses a trisaccharide …

Mumps virus is one of the main cause of respiratory illnesses in humans, especially children.
Among the viral surface glycoproteins, the hemagglutinin–neuraminidase, MuV-HN, plays …

Sialic acid binding is required for infectious cell surface receptor recognition by parvovirus
minute virus of mice (MVM). We have utilized a glycan array consisting of∼ 180 different …

A mutation coding for the amino acid change E335 to K is frequently found in the
hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) gene of Urabe AM9 mumps viruses isolated during post …

We investigated the binding of human parainfluenza virus types 1 and 3 (hPIV1 and hPIV3,
respectively) to the glycan array of the Consortium for Functional Glycomics and binding and …

Research in the last decade has uncovered many new paramyxoviruses, airborne agents
that cause epidemic diseases in animals including humans. Most paramyxoviruses enter …

Sialic acid-containing compounds play a key role in the initial steps of the paramyxovirus life
cycle. As enveloped viruses, their entry into the host cell consists of two main events: binding …

Sialic acids decorate the surfaces of most mammalian cells and are used by many viruses
as attachment receptors. In contrast to other mammals, humans cannot synthesize a version …

On the basis of the conservation of neuraminidase (N) active-site residues in influenza virus
N and paramyxovirus hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN), it has been suggested that the …