About the Authors

Cristina Escrevente

Affiliation Laboratory of Glycobiology, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal

Nicolas Grammel

Affiliation GlycoThera GmbH, Hannover, Germany

Sebastian Kandzia

Affiliation GlycoThera GmbH, Hannover, Germany

Johannes Zeiser

Affiliation GlycoThera GmbH, Hannover, Germany

Erin M. Tranfield

Affiliation Electron Microscopy Facility, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal

Harald S. Conradt

Affiliation GlycoThera GmbH, Hannover, Germany

Júlia Costa

jcosta@itqb.unl.pt

Affiliation Laboratory of Glycobiology, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interest: Nicolas Grammel, Sebastian Kandzia, Johannes Zeiser, Harald S. Conradt are employed by GlycoThera GmbH. This does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CE HSC JC. Performed the experiments: CE NG SK JZ EMT. Analyzed the data: CE NG SK JZ EMT HSC JC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EMT HSC JC. Wrote the manuscript: CE NG SK JZ EMT HSC JC.