Research Briefing:
"Visualizing the nanostructure of the cell’s sugar coat."
Here, the author's views, expert opinion, and insights behind the recently published paper "Ångström-resolution imaging of cell-surface glycans" are presented.
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Visualizing the nanostructure of the cell’s sugar coat - Nature Nanotechnology
The glycocalyx, the cell’s sugar coat, has key roles in immunology, cancer, viral infections, and more. Visualizing its molecular architecture was impossible until now. Here, we combine metabolic labe...