Artificially Manufactured Glycomimetics Block Viruses (IMAGE)

Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf

Artificially Manufactured Glycomimetics Block Viruses

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The artificially manufactured glycomimetics (green) attach to the viruses' binding sites, which viruses normally use to attach to sugars (blue) on the cell surface.

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L. Hartmann, M. Schelhaas

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