About the Authors

Maximiliano J. Jimenez-Dalmaroni

Current address: Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Affiliations Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Molecular Biology and the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Nengming Xiao

Affiliation Department of Genetics, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Adam L. Corper

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Petra Verdino

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Gary D. Ainge

Affiliations Industrial Research Limited, Carbohydrate Chemistry, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Dave S. Larsen

Affiliation Industrial Research Limited, Carbohydrate Chemistry, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Gavin F. Painter

Affiliation Industrial Research Limited, Carbohydrate Chemistry, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Pauline M. Rudd

Current address: NIBRT, Conway Institute University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Affiliation Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Raymond A. Dwek

Affiliation Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Kasper Hoebe

wilson@scripps.edu (IAW); bruce@scripps.edu (BB); kasper.hoebe@cchmc.org (KH)

Affiliation Division of Molecular Immunology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Bruce Beutler

wilson@scripps.edu (IAW); bruce@scripps.edu (BB); kasper.hoebe@cchmc.org (KH)

Affiliation Department of Genetics, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Ian A. Wilson

wilson@scripps.edu (IAW); bruce@scripps.edu (BB); kasper.hoebe@cchmc.org (KH)

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJJD NX KH BB IAW. Performed the experiments: MJJD NX ALC PV. Analyzed the data: MJJD KH BB IAW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GDA DSL GFP. Wrote the paper: MJJD NX KH. Revised the manuscript: MJJD IAW ALC PV GFP PMR RAD KH BB.