Problem:
Glycolipids have been shown to play roles in certain disease states in humans and other mammals.
Question: Which of the situations below illustrate the ways in which this can happen?
a.) they are the site at which the influenza virus first binds a cell.
b.) failure to add a sugar to the glycolipid.
c.) inhibition of glycolipid synthesis.
d.) they are the site at which bacterial toxins like those that cause botulism and cholera first bind cells.
e. ) all of the above
Provide the correct answer and justification for your choice.