Updates to the Symbol Nomenclature for Glycans guidelines

Sriram Neelamegham, Kiyoko Aoki-Kinoshita, Evan Bolton, Martin Frank, Frederique Lisacek, Thomas Lütteke, Noel O'Boyle, Nicolle H. Packer, Pamela Stanley, Philip Toukach, Ajit Varki, Robert J. Woods

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Abstract

The Symbol Nomenclature for Glycans (SNFG) is a community-curated standard for the depiction of monosaccharides and complex glycans using various colored-coded, geometric shapes, along with defined text additions. It is hosted by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the NCBI-Glycans Page (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/glycans/snfg.html). Several changes have been made to the SNFG page in the past year to update the rules for depicting glycans using the SNFG, to include more examples of use, particularly for non-mammalian organisms, and to provide guidelines for the depiction of ambiguous glycan structures. This Glycoforum article summarizes these recent changes.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)620-624
Number of pages5
JournalGlycobiology
Volume29
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • database
  • glycobiology
  • glycoscience
  • software
  • symbol nomenclature

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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