Abstract
We introduce three software tools, Cartoonist, GlycoWorkbench, and MultiGlycan, for N-glycan profiling of complex biological samples. Detailed instructions for using these tools are provided, and their performances are demonstrated by using real glycan profiling data.
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This work is partially supported by National Science Foundation (DBI-0642897) and National Cancer Institute (1U01CA128535-01).
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Yu, CY., Mayampurath, A., Tang, H. (2013). Software Tools for Glycan Profiling. In: Kohler, J., Patrie, S. (eds) Mass Spectrometry of Glycoproteins. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 951. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-146-2_18
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