The use of chemical tools to inhibit glycosylation is a powerful approach for studying glycan functions and can serve as a starting point for drug discovery. This chapter discusses various types of inhibitors including those present in nature, those identified through rational design followed by synthesis, and those found by screening of chemical libraries.
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