Glycoconjugates are major constituents of mammalian cells that are formed via covalent
conjugation of carbohydrates to other biomolecules like proteins and lipids and often …

Synthetic polymers are omnipresent in society as textiles and packaging materials, in
construction and medicine, among many other important applications. Alternatively, natural …

We show that SARS-CoV-2 spike protein interacts with both cellular heparan sulfate and
angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) through its receptor-binding domain (RBD) …

The ability of a virus to spread between individuals, its replication capacity and the clinical
course of the infection are macroscopic consequences of a multifaceted molecular …

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has caused a
pandemic with tens of millions of cases and more than a million deaths. The infection causes …

The recent emergence of highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variants illustrates the urgent
need to better understand the molecular details of the virus binding to its host cell and to …

Conformational dynamics of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) spike glycoprotein (S) mediate exposure of the binding site for the cellular receptor …

Viral protein glycosylation represents a successful strategy employed by the parasite to take
advantage of host–cell machinery for modification of its own proteins. The resulting glycans …

Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 have shown effective evasion of population immunity and
increased affinity to the cellular receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) …

Influenza viruses need to use sialic acid receptors to invade host cells, and the α-2, 3 and α-
2, 6 sialic acids glycosidic bonds linking the terminal sialic acids are generally considered to …