Highlights•Most mammalian virus families use cell-surface glycans as receptors.•Glycan
receptors are diverse in structure and distribution, giving rise to species and tissue …

Laminins are large heterotrimers composed of the α, β and γ subunits with distinct tissue-
specific and developmentally regulated expression patterns. The laminin-α2 subunit …

Arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs) are a family of plant extracellular proteoglycans involved in
many physiological events. AGPs are often anchored to the extracellular side of the plasma …

Laminins are large cell-adhesive glycoproteins that are required for the formation and
function of basement membranes in all animals. Structural studies by electron microscopy in …

The post-translational glycosylation of select proteins by O-linked mannose (O-mannose or
O-man) is a conserved modification from yeast to humans and has been shown to be …

Dystroglycanopathy is a collective term referring to muscular dystrophies with abnormal
glycosylation of dystroglycan. At least 18 causative genes of dystroglycanopathy have been …

A code is defined by the nature of the symbols, which are used to generate information‐
storing combinations (eg oligo‐and polymers). Like nucleic acids and proteins, oligo‐and …

O-mannosylated α-dystroglycan (α-DG) serves as receptors for cell–cell and cell–
extracellular matrix adhesion and signaling. Hypoglycosylation of α-DG is involved in cancer …

Lassa virus (LASV) is an Old World arenavirus responsible for hundreds of thousands of
infections in West Africa every year. LASV entry into a variety of cell types is mediated by …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy was a well‐established medical and genetic enigma by the
1970s. Why was the new mutation rate so high in all world populations? Why were affected …