title: Symbol nomenclature for glycan representation.
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.
authors.affiliation: Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0687, USA. a1varki@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Ajit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Varki
authors.forename: Richard D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Cummings
authors.forename: Jeffrey D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Esko
authors.forename: Hudson H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Freeze
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stanley
authors.forename: Jamey D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Marth
authors.forename: Carolyn R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Bertozzi
authors.forename: Gerald W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.forename: Marilynn E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Etzler
mesh_terms: D054794:Glycomics; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D011134:Polysaccharides