The degree of polymerization and sulfation patterns in heparan sulfate are critical determinants of cytomegalovirus entry into host cells

• Dipanwita Mitra ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Dipanwita Mitra, Mohammad H. Hasan

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4413-0195

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• Mohammad H. Hasan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Dipanwita Mitra, Mohammad H. Hasan

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5645-1981

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• John T. Bates,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5545-6871

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• Michael A. Bierdeman,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6133-7577

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• Dallas R. Ederer,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

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• Rinkuben C. Parmar,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

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• Lauren A. Fassero,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

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• Quntao Liang,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliations Biomolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America, College of Biological Science and Engineering, University of Fuzhou, Fujian, China

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• Hong Qiu,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4088-7828

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• Vaibhav Tiwari,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, Illinois, United States of America

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• Fuming Zhang,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2803-3704

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• Robert J. Linhardt,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America

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• Joshua S. Sharp,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biomolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America

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• Lianchun Wang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1454-2719

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• Ritesh Tandon

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rtandon@umc.edu

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America, Biomolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8996-8840

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