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Multivalent binding of a bacterium or a bacterial toxin to a glycodendrimer. (A) Depiction of a host eukaryotic cell with surface sugar groups, two glycodendrimers with surface sugars groups, a bacterial toxin with receptors for the purple sugar groups, and a generic bacterium with receptors for the green sugar groups. (B) Binding of the bacterium and the toxin to the glycodendrimer through multivalent interactions to prevent infection of the host cell. Structures not draw to scale.
