“…In this capacity, through interactions with proteins, complex glycans modulate a variety of biological processes including pathogen recognition, innate and acquired immunity (Alexopoulou, et al, 2007; Crocker, et al, 2007; Rudd, et al, 2004; van Die and Cummings, 2006), glycoprotein targeting (Bhatia and Mukhopadhyay, 1999; Helenius and Aebi, 2004; Varki, et al, 2008), and adhesion (Kawashima, et al, 2005; Lowe, 2002; Taylor and Drickamer, 2007; Wang, et al, 2005) and trafficking (Crocker, 2005; Smithson, et al, 2001). Obtaining a complete picture of a biological process or understanding higher-level organization of a biological system accordingly requires decoding protein-glycan interactions.…”