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Symbol nomenclature for glycan representation

  1. Ajit Varki1,*,
  2. Richard D. Cummings2,
  3. Jeffrey D. Esko1,
  4. Hudson H. Freeze3,
  5. Pamela Stanley4,
  6. Jamey D. Marth3,5,
  7. Carolyn R. Bertozzi6,
  8. Gerald W. Hart7,
  9. Marilynn E. Etzler8

Article first published online: 9 NOV 2009

DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200900708

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PROTEOMICS

PROTEOMICS

Volume 9, Issue 24, pages 5398–5399, No. 24 December 2009

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Varki, A., Cummings, R. D., Esko, J. D., Freeze, H. H., Stanley, P., Marth, J. D., Bertozzi, C. R., Hart, G. W. and Etzler, M. E. (2009), Symbol nomenclature for glycan representation. PROTEOMICS, 9: 5398–5399. doi: 10.1002/pmic.200900708

Author Information

  1. 1

    Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

  2. 2

    Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

  3. 3

    Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, CA, USA

  4. 4

    Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, USA

  5. 5

    University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

  6. 6

    University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

  7. 7

    John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

  8. 8

    University of California, Davis, CA, USA

*Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0687, La Jolla, CA 92093-0687, USA Fax: +1-858-534-5611

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 16 DEC 2009
  2. Article first published online: 9 NOV 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 26 OCT 2009
  4. Manuscript Received: 16 OCT 2009
  5. Manuscript Revised: 16 OCT 2009

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Keywords:

  • Glycans;
  • Glycomics;
  • Glycoproteomics;
  • Monosaccharides;
  • Nomenclature;
  • Symbols

Abstract

The glycan symbol nomenclature proposed by Harvey et al. in these pages has relative advantages and disadvantages. The use of symbols to depict glycans originated from Kornfeld in 1978, was systematized in the First Edition of “Essentials of Glycobiology” and updated for the second edition, with input from relevant organizations such as the Consortium for Functional Glycomics. We also note that >200 illustrations in the second edition have already been published using our nomenclature and are available for download at PubMed.

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