title: The Xeno-glycomics database (XDB): a relational database of qualitative and quantitative pig glycome repertoire.
abstract: CONCLUSIONS
  In recent years, the improvement of mass spectrometry-based glycomics techniques (i.e. highly sensitive, quantitative and high-throughput analytical tools) has enabled us to obtain a large dataset of glycans. Here we present a database named Xeno-glycomics database (XDB) that contains cell- or tissue-specific pig glycomes analyzed with mass spectrometry-based techniques, including a comprehensive pig glycan information on chemical structures, mass values, types and relative quantities. It was designed as a user-friendly web-based interface that allows users to query the database according to pig tissue/cell types or glycan masses. This database will contribute in providing qualitative and quantitative information on glycomes characterized from various pig cells/organs in xenotransplantation and might eventually provide new targets in the α1,3-galactosyltransferase gene-knock out pigs era.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The database can be accessed on the web at http://bioinformatics.snu.ac.kr/xdb.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea Department of Chemical Engineering, Soongsil University, Seoul 156-743, Korea Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics and Institute of Bioengineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea.
authors.forename: Hae-Min
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Ju-Hyeong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Yoon-Woo
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kyoung-Jin
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hee-Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Kyoung-Soon
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Byung-Gee
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yun-Gon
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D062126:Databases, Chemical; D054794:Glycomics; D020407:Internet; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D012984:Software; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D011134:Polysaccharides