Symbol nomenclature for glycan representation.
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.
Varki
Ajit
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Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0687, USA. a1varki@ucsd.edu
Cummings
Richard D
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Esko
Jeffrey D
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Freeze
Hudson H
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Stanley
Pamela
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Marth
Jamey D
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Bertozzi
Carolyn R
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Hart
Gerald W
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Etzler
Marilynn E
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