About the Authors

Natalia Mercer

Affiliation Structural Glycobiology Section, CCR-Nanobiology Program, Center for Cancer Research, NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Boopathy Ramakrishnan

Affiliations Structural Glycobiology Section, CCR-Nanobiology Program, Center for Cancer Research, NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America, Basic Science Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Elizabeth Boeggeman

Affiliations Structural Glycobiology Section, CCR-Nanobiology Program, Center for Cancer Research, NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America, Basic Science Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Pradman K. Qasba

qasba@helix.nih.gov

Affiliation Structural Glycobiology Section, CCR-Nanobiology Program, Center for Cancer Research, NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

Authors Drs. Boopathy Ramakrishnan and Elizabeth Boeggeman, who are also affiliated with the SAIC-Frederick, Inc, are funded solely by the government agency, NIH, and also have no competing interests. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing the data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PQ BR NM. Performed the experiments: NM BR EB. Analyzed the data: NM BR PQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BR EB PQ . Wrote the paper: NM BR PQ.