About the Authors
- Ursula Neu
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ursula Neu, Stacy-ann A. Allen
Current address: National Institute of Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London, United Kingdom.
Affiliation Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Stacy-ann A. Allen
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ursula Neu, Stacy-ann A. Allen
Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- Bärbel S. Blaum
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Affiliations Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Department of Chemistry, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
- Yan Liu
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Affiliation Glycosciences Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Martin Frank
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Affiliation Biognos AB, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Angelina S. Palma
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Current address: REQUIMTE, CQFB, Faculty of Science and Technology /UNL, Caparica, Portugal.
Affiliation Glycosciences Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Luisa J. Ströh
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Affiliation Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Ten Feizi
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Affiliation Glycosciences Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Thomas Peters
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
- Walter J. Atwood
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* E-mail: walter_atwood@brown.edu (WJA); thilo.stehle@uni-tuebingen.de (TS)
Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- Thilo Stehle
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* E-mail: walter_atwood@brown.edu (WJA); thilo.stehle@uni-tuebingen.de (TS)
Affiliations Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Dr. Martin Frank is employed by a company, Biognos AB in Gothenburg, Sweden. He declares that he does not have any financial, non-financial, professional or personal competing interests. His employment does not alter his and the other authors' adherence to all the PLOS PLoS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials (as outlined in the guide for authors).
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: UN SAA BSB YL MF ASP TF WJA TS. Performed the experiments: UN SAA BSB YL MF ASP LJS. Analyzed the data: UN SAA BSB YL MF ASP LJS TF TP WJA TS. Wrote the paper: UN SAA BSB YL MF ASP TF WJA TS.