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Maureen E. Taylor is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work is further specialized in subfields including Molecular Biology, Immunology, Organic Chemistry, Physiology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's published research covers several key topics such as Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research, Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, Galectins and Cancer Biology, Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research, Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms, and Escherichia coli research studies.

They have contributed to multiple papers focusing on the molecular interactions and structural aspects of carbohydrate-binding proteins. Notable publications include:

  • Structural analysis of carbohydrate binding by the macrophage mannose receptor CD206, 2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Mammalian lectin arrays for screening host-microbe interactions, 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • A human lectin array for characterizing host-pathogen interactions, 2024, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Interactions that define the arrangement of sugar-binding sites in BDCA-2 and dectin-2 dimers, 2024, Glycobiology
  • Preformed mincle dimers stabilized by an interchain disulfide bond in the neck region, 2024, Glycobiology

Frequent coauthors in their research network include Kurt Drickamer, Sabine A.F. Jégouzo, Stefi Benjamin, H. Feinberg, and William I. Weis. The collaboration with these scientists highlights a focus on carbohydrate recognition and immune response mechanisms at the molecular level.

Their work is commonly published in journals such as the Journal of Biological Chemistry and Glycobiology, with additional contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • The C‐type lectin superfamily in the immune system

    William I. Weis;Maureen E. Taylor;Kurt Drickamer

  • BIOLOGY OF ANIMAL LECTINS

    Kurt Drickamer;Maureen E. Taylor

  • Structural basis for distinct ligand-binding and targeting properties of the receptors DC-SIGN and DC-SIGNR

    Yuan Guo;Hadar Feinberg;Edward Conroy;Daniel A Mitchell

  • Introduction to glycobiology

    Maureen Taylor;Kurt Drickamer

  • Primary structure of the mannose receptor contains multiple motifs resembling carbohydrate-recognition domains.

    M E Taylor;J T Conary;M R Lennartz;P D Stahl

  • Contribution to ligand binding by multiple carbohydrate-recognition domains in the macrophage mannose receptor.

    M E Taylor;K Bezouska;K Drickamer

  • Structure and evolutionary origin of the gene encoding a human serum mannose-binding protein.

    M E Taylor;P M Brickell;R K Craig;J A Summerfield

  • Structural requirements for high affinity binding of complex ligands by the macrophage mannose receptor

    M E Taylor;K Drickamer

  • Recent insights into structures and functions of C-type lectins in the immune system.

    Kurt Drickamer;Maureen E Taylor

  • Evolving views of protein glycosylation

    Kurt Drickamer;Maureen E Taylor

  • Characterization of carbohydrate recognition by langerin, a C-type lectin of Langerhans cells.

    Nicola S. Stambach;Maureen E. Taylor

  • Two categories of mammalian galactose-binding receptors distinguished by glycan array profiling.

    Peter J. Coombs;Maureen E. Taylor;Kurt Drickamer

  • Widely divergent biochemical properties of the complete set of mouse DC-SIGN-related proteins.

    Alex S. Powlesland;Eliot M. Ward;Sumon K. Sadhu;Yuan Guo

  • Oligolysine-based oligosaccharide clusters. Selective recognition and endocytosis by the mannose receptor and dendritic cell-specific intercellular adhesion molecule 3 (ICAM-3)-grabbing nonintegrin.

    Natacha Frison;Maureen E. Taylor;Elizabeth Soilleux;Marie-Thérèse Bousser

  • Structure of a C-type carbohydrate recognition domain from the macrophage mannose receptor.

    Hadar Feinberg;Shaun Park-Snyder;Anand R. Kolatkar;Charles T. Heise

  • C-type lectin Langerin is a beta-glucan receptor on human Langerhans cells that recognizes opportunistic and pathogenic fungi

    Marein A.W.P. de Jong;Lianne E.M. Vriend;Bart Theelen;Maureen E. Taylor

  • Structural Basis for Langerin Recognition of Diverse Pathogen and Mammalian Glycans through a Single Binding Site

    Hadar Feinberg;Maureen E. Taylor;Nahid Razi;Ryan McBride

  • A murine DC-SIGN homologue contributes to early host defense against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Antoine Tanne;Bo Ma;Frédéric Boudou;Ludovic Tailleux

  • Mechanism for recognition of an unusual mycobacterial glycolipid by the macrophage receptor mincle.

    Hadar Feinberg;Sabine A.F. Jégouzo;Thomas J.W. Rowntree;Yue Guan

  • Paradigms for glycan-binding receptors in cell adhesion.

    Maureen E Taylor;Kurt Drickamer

Frequent Co-Authors

Kurt Drickamer
Kurt Drickamer Imperial College London
William I. Weis
William I. Weis Stanford University
Anne Dell
Anne Dell Imperial College London
David F. Smith
David F. Smith Emory University
Stefan Pöhlmann
Stefan Pöhlmann German Primate Center
Stuart M. Haslam
Stuart M. Haslam Imperial College London
Deborah E. Leckband
Deborah E. Leckband University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Olivier Neyrolles
Olivier Neyrolles Paul Sabatier University
Dirk Werling
Dirk Werling Royal Veterinary College
Lauren Stewart
Lauren Stewart Goldsmiths University of London

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