Bacteria possess an extraordinary repertoire of cell envelope glycans that have critical
physiological functions. Pathogenic bacteria have glycans that are essential for growth and …

Sialic acids are cytoprotectors, mainly localized on the surface of cell membranes with
multiple and outstanding cell biological functions. The history of their structural analysis …

Simple and complex carbohydrates (glycans) have long been known to play major
metabolic, structural and physical roles in biological systems. Targeted microbial binding to …

Background The mucins found as components of mucus gel layers at mucosal surfaces
throughout the body play roles in protection as part of the defensive barrier on an organ and …

Sialic acids are a diverse family of monosaccharides widely expressed on all cell surfaces of
vertebrates and so‐called “higher” invertebrates, and on certain bacteria that interact with …

Sialic acids (Sias) are abundant on vertebrate glycoproteins, glycolipids, and milk
oligosaccharides, as well as on some microbial surface glycans, mediating diverse …

Sialic acids are abundant on vertebrate glycoproteins and have diverse functional roles.
Originally discovered within the Deuterostome lineage of animals and associated microbes …

Sialic acids are a subset of nonulosonic acids, which are nine-carbon α-keto aldonic acids.
Natural existing sialic acid-containing structures are presented in different sialic acid forms …

One of the fastest growing fields in the pharmaceutical industry is the market for therapeutic
glycoproteins. Today, these molecules play a major role in the treatment of various diseases …

Sialic acids are nine-carbon sugars that frequently cap glycans at the cell surface in cells of
vertebrates as well as cells of certain types of invertebrates and bacteria. The nine-carbon …