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.