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Inhibiting Bacterial Toxins with Polymers
A tandem post-polymerization modification strategy was used to systematically probe the multivalent inhibition of a bacterial toxin as a function of linker length, carbohydrate density, and glycopolymer chain length. Guided by structural-biology information, the binding-pocket depth of the toxin was probed and used as a means to specifically improve inhibition of the toxin by the glycopolymer.