Selected Publications
Sean R. Stowell, Connie M. Arthur, Ryan McBride, Oren Berger, Nahid Razi, JamieHeimbrg-Molinaro, Jean-Philippe Gourdine, Alexander J. Noll,
Stephan von Gunten, David F.Smith, Yuri Knirel, James C. Paulson, Richard D. Cummings. Microbial Glycan Microarray Identifies Targets of Innate
Immune Receptors, Nature (2013) Submitted.
Peng W., Pranskevich, J., Nycholat C., Gilbert M., Wakarchuk W. Paulson J.C., Razi N.; Helicobacter pylori {beta}1,3-N-
acetylglucosaminyltransferase for versatile synthesis of type 1 and type 2 poly LacNAcs on N-linked, O-linked and I-antigen glycan.Glycobiol.
(2012) 11:1453-64
Nycholat C. McBride R. Ekiert D., Xu R., Rangarajan J., Peng W. Razi N. Gilbert, M. Wakarchuk W., Wilson I., and Paulson, J.C.; Recognition of
sialylated poly-LacNAc on N- and O-linked glycans by human and avian influenza A virus hemagglutinins. Angewandte Chem. (2012) 51:4860-3
Zhang P, Razi N, Eugenio L, Fentabil M, Kitova EN, Klassen JS, Bundle DR, Ng KK, Ling CC. Unexpected structure of a C. difficile toxin A ligand
necessitates an annotation correction in a popular screening library. Chem. Commun. (2011) 45:12397-9
Feinberg H., Taylor M., Razi N., McBride R., Knirel Y., Graham S., Drickamer K., Weis W.; Structural basis for langerin recognition of diverse pathogen
and mammalian glycans through a single binding site. J. Mol. Biol. (2011) 4:1027-39
Peng W., Pranskevich, J., Nycholat C., Gilbert M., Wakarchuk W. Paulson J.C., Razi N.; Helicobacter pylori {beta}1,3
Nacetylglucosaminyltransferasefor versatile synthesis of type 1 and type 2 poly LacNAcs on N-linked,O-linked and I-antigen glycans. Glycobiol.
(2012) 11:1453-64
Niemietz M., Razi N., Paulson J., and Unverzagt C.; Chemoenzymatic synthesis of tetraantennary bisected core fucosylated N-glycan derivatives for
the CFG glycan array. International Carb. Symposium publication (2010) A-P2-072
Razi N., Mcbride R., Peng W., Pranskevich J., Rangarajan, Paulson J.; Characteristics of the CFG printed glycan microarray V5.0- final glue-grant
funded. Glycobiol. (2010) 68: 1470
Blixt O., Allin, K., Bohorov O., Liu X., Andersson-Sand H., Hoffman J. and Razi N.; Glycan microarrays for screening sialyltransferase specificities.
Glycoconj. J. (2008) 25: 59-68.
Vasiliu D., Razi N., Zhang Y., Jacobsen N., Allin K., Liu X., Hoffmann J., Bohorov O. and Blixt O.; Large scale chemoenzymatic synthesis of blood
group and tumor-associated poly-N-acetyllactosamine antigens. Carbohydr. Res. (2006) 341: 1447-57
Blixt O. and Razi N.; Chemoenzymatic synthesis of glycan libraries. Methods Enzymol. (2006) 415: 137-53.
Blixt O., Vasiliu D., Allin K., Jacobsen N., Warnock D., Razi N., Paulson J. Benatchez S., Gilbert M., and Wakarchuck W.; Chemoenzymatic synthesis of
2-azidoethyl-ganglio-oligosaccharides GD3, GT3, GM2, GD2, GT2, GM1, and GD1a, Carbohydr. Res. (2005) 340: 1963-1972
Westerklind U., Hagback P., Tidback B., Wiik L., Blixt O., Razi N., and Norberg T.; Synthesis of deoxy and acylamino derivatives of lactose and use of
these for probing the active site of Neisseria meningitides N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase. Carbohydr. Res. (2005) 340: 221-233.
Blixt O., and Razi N.; Stategies for synthesis of an oligosaccharide library using a chemo-enzymatic approach. In synthesis of carbohydrate
through biotechnology. ACS Symposium series 873, P.G. Wang and Y. Ichikawa (2004) 93-112
Blixt O. Head S., Mondala T., Scanlan C., Huflejt M., Alvarez R., Bryan M.C., Fazio F., Calarese D., Stevens J., Razi N., Stevens J., Skehel J., van Die I.,
Burton D.R., Wilson I.A, Cummings R., Bovin N., Wong C.H., and Paulson J.; Printed covalent glycan array for ligand binding proteins. Proc. Natl.
Acad. Sci USA (2004) 101:17033
Razi N., and Varki A.; Cryptic sialic acid binding lectins in blood leukocytes can be unmasked my sialidase treatment or cellular activation. Glycobiol.
(1999) 11:1225-34
Varki A., Brinkman-van der Linden E., and Razi N. SIGLECS: An expanding family of sialic acid binding I-type lectins with distinct expression
patterns and complex functional regulation. Internat. Carbohydr. Symp. (1998) CP059
Razi N. and Varki A. Masking and Unmasking of CD22 lectin function in resting and activated B-Lymphocytes Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (1998)
95:7469-7474
Razi N. and Varki A. Regulation of the lectin function of CD22 during lymphocyte activation. Glycobiol. (1997) 7: 1038
Razi N. and Varki A.; Masking and unmasking of the sialic acid binding lection function of CD22 during B Lymphocyte development and activation.
Blood (1997) 90, 455a
Razi N., and Lindahl U.; Biosynthesis of heparin/heparan sulfate. The D-glucosaminyl 3-O-sulfotransferase reaction; target and inhibitor
saccharides. J. Biol. Chem. (1995) 270:11267-75
Razi N., Feyzi E., Bjork I., Naggi A., Casu B., and Lindahl U.; Structural and functional properties of heparin analogs obtained by chemical sulfation
of E. coli K5 capsular polysaccharide. Biochem. J. (1995) 309:465-75
Razi N., Kreuger J., Lindahl B., Lay L., Panza L., Russo G., and Lindahl, U.; Identification of O-sulfate substituent’s on D-glucurionic acid units in
heparin-related glycosaminoglycans using novel synthetic disaccharide standards. Glycobiol. (1995) 5:807-11
Razi N. (1995) Chemical and Enzymatic O-sulfation of Heparin-related polysaccharides. Functional and Regulatory Aspects. Uppsala University
Press.
Casu B., Grazioli G., Razi, N., Guerrini M., Naggi A., Torri G., Oreste P., Tursi F., Zoppetti G., and Lindahl U.; Heparin-like compounds prepared by
chemical modification of capsular polysaccharide from E. coli K5. Carbohydr. Res. (1994) 263, 271-284
Casu B., Grazioli G., Hannesson H., Jann B., Jann K., Lindahl U., Naggi A., Oreste P., Razi N., Torri G., Tursi F., and Zoppeti G.; Biologically active,
heparan sulfate-like species by combines chemical and enzymatic modification of the E. coli polysaccharide K5. Carbohydr. Lett. (1994) 1,107-114