About the Authors

Victoria Smutova

Affiliation Division of Medical Genetics, Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center, University of Montreal, Montréal, Canada

Amgad Albohy

Affiliation Alberta Glycomics Center, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Xuefang Pan

Affiliation Division of Medical Genetics, Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center, University of Montreal, Montréal, Canada

Elena Korchagina

Affiliation Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia

Taeko Miyagi

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biomembrane and Glycobiology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Nicolai Bovin

Affiliation Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia

Christopher W. Cairo

Affiliation Alberta Glycomics Center, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Alexey V. Pshezhetsky

alexei.pchejetski@umontreal.ca

Affiliation Division of Medical Genetics, Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center, University of Montreal, Montréal, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VS AA TM NB CWC AVP. Performed the experiments: VS AA XP EK. Analyzed the data: VS AA XP EK NB CWC AVP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NB TM CWC AVP. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: VS AA AVP NB CWC TM.