Glycan structure dictionary

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Glycan Structure Dictionary. Terms represent commonly used words to describe glycan structures in publications. If you feel that a term is missing, please contact us at https://www.glygen.org/contact-us/ with the following information: Term name | at least two PMIDs where the term is used.

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core fucosylated

trimannosyl core triantennary complex biantennary complex high-mannose N-linked glycans O-linked glycans complex-type N-glycans paucimannose HNK-1 O-mannosyl glycan O-GlcNAc O-fucose glycans Lewis X sialyl Lewis A 3'-sulfo-Lewis a sialyl Lewis X 3'-sulfo-Lewis x Lewis y biantennary asialo-biantennary bisialo-biantennary bisialo-biantennary complex-type sialylated biantennary triantennary Tri-antennary N-glycans triantennary complex type tetraantennary complex-type tetraantennary tetrasialylated diantennary triantennary sialylated triantennary trisialylated fucosylated bisecting GlcNAc fucose-containing tetraantennary fucosylated asialo-biantennary fucosylated biantennary fucosylated bisialo-biantennary fucosylated N-glycans fucosylated triantennary core-fucosylated biantennary core fucosylated biantennary complex-type di-fucosylated tetra-antennary N-glycans nonfucosylated non-fucosylated biantennary nonfucosylated biantennary N-linked structures non-fucosylated triantennary sialylated complex-type sialylated diantennary sialylated tetraantennary monosialylated monosialyl-biantennary disialylated biantennary disialylated biantennary complex type Disialylated fucosylated trisialylated trisialylated complex-type oligosaccharide-alditols trisialylated diantennary trisialylated triantennary nonsialylated desialylated desialylated tetrasaccharide VIM-2 T antigen Tn antigen sialyl-Tn antigen Forssman antigen SSEA-3 disialyl Lewis a SSEA-1 sialyl Lewis X-i SSEA-4 fucosyl GM1 N-acetyl GM2 N-glycolyl GM2 9-O-acetyl GD3 9-O-acetyl sialic acid chitin chondroitin sulfate dermatan sulfate heparan sulfate heparin keratan sulfate hybrid core 2 core 3 core 4 Fully sialylated biantennary N-glycan N-acetyllactosamine H type 2 alpha-gal antigen Polysialic acid LacdiNAc Glucosylceramide Lewis A Lewis B lactosylceramide Lactotriaosylceramide blood group H type 1 i antigen globotriaosylceramide globotetraosylceramide Sd(a)/Cad Galactosylceramide alpha-galactosylceramide H type 3 A type 2 asialo-GM1 6'-Sulfo Sialyl Lewis x Sialyl T antigen GD1 GT1a GQ1b A2 Mono-sulfated globopentaosylceramide Gb5 cytolipin R Cyclic sialyl 6-sulfo Lewis x B type 1 Blood group H (type 4) Blood group B (type 4) GM4 Isoglobotetraosylceramide Blood group A (type 4) Sialosyl paragloboside para-Forssman glycolipid B-GD1b Forssman glycolipid GP1c C2-O-sLex Disialosyl globopentaosylceramide Paragloboside LewisX-LewisX SDLex Blood group B (type 2) Di-sialyl T antigen LcGg4 Sialopentaosylceramide GM3 GM2 GM1 cisGM1 GD1a GT1a alpha Fucosylated LDN blood group A(1) GD3 GD2 GD1b Blood group B (type 1) GT3 GT2 GT1b GT1c GQ1c Blood group A (type 1) O-Linked mannose B-GM1 P1 antigen monosialyl-Gb5 Trifucosyl-Lewis b Antigen Dimeric Lewis x Trifucosyl-Lewis y Disialyl I GalNAc Disialyl Lc4 (Hexasaccharide) Disialyl Gb5 Galabiosylceramide I Antigen 6-Sulfo LacNAc Blood Group A Trisaccharide