title: GlycanAnalysis Plug-in: a database search tool for N-glycan structures using mass spectrometry.
abstract: Tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS or MS(n)) is a potent technique for characterizing N-glycan structures. GlycanAnalysis searches a glycan database to support the identification of glycan structures from MS/MS spectra. It also calculates diagnostic ions of glycan structures registered in a glycan database (GlycomeDB or KEGG GLYCAN) and searches for MS/MS spectra of N-glycans that match diagnostic ions to determine the structures. This program functions as a plug-in for Mass++, a freeware mass spectrum visualization and analysis program.
  
  
  METHODS
  The executable files of Mass++ are available for free at http://www.first-ms3d.jp/english/. The GlycanAnalysis plug-in is included in the standard package of Mass++ for Windows.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  k-morimt@shimadzu.co.jp or nishikaz@shimadzu.co.jp or acyshzw@shimadzu.co.jp
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Supplementary material are available at Bioinformatics online.
authors.affiliation: Koichi Tanaka Laboratory of Advanced Science and Technology, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan and Eisai Product Creation Systems, Eisai Co., Ltd., Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.affiliation: Koichi Tanaka Laboratory of Advanced Science and Technology, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan and Eisai Product Creation Systems, Eisai Co., Ltd., Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishikaze
authors.affiliation: Koichi Tanaka Laboratory of Advanced Science and Technology, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan and Eisai Product Creation Systems, Eisai Co., Ltd., Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Akiyasu C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Yoshizawa
authors.affiliation: Koichi Tanaka Laboratory of Advanced Science and Technology, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan and Eisai Product Creation Systems, Eisai Co., Ltd., Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kajihara
authors.affiliation: Koichi Tanaka Laboratory of Advanced Science and Technology, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan and Eisai Product Creation Systems, Eisai Co., Ltd., Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aoshima
authors.affiliation: Koichi Tanaka Laboratory of Advanced Science and Technology, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan and Eisai Product Creation Systems, Eisai Co., Ltd., Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.affiliation: Koichi Tanaka Laboratory of Advanced Science and Technology, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan and Eisai Product Creation Systems, Eisai Co., Ltd., Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D006020:Glycopeptides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D040901:Proteomics / Q000379:methods; D057386:Search Engine; D012984:Software; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D006020:Glycopeptides; D011134:Polysaccharides