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- AA
amino acid
- AAL
Aleuria aurantia lectin
- 2-AB
2-aminobenzamide
- ABC
ATP-binding cassette
- ACE
affinity co-electrophoresis
- ACG-IB
achrondrogenesis type IB
- AchE
acetylcholinesterase
- AD
Alzheimer's disease
- ADAMTS
a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs
- ADCC
antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity
- ADPKD
autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease
- AEP
aminoethylphosphonate
- AFM
atomic force microscopy
- AG
arabinogalactan
- AGE
advanced glycation end product
- AGP
arabinogalactan protein
- AGX
arabinoglucuronoxylan
- AHM
anhydromannitol
- ALG
Asn-linked glycosylation
- α-DG
α-dystroglycan
- ALS
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- AMR
Ashwell–Morell receptor
- AOII
atelosteogenesis type II
- AOX
alcohol oxidase
- APAP
arabinoxylan pectin arabinogalactan protein
- APC
antigen-presenting cell
- Api
apiose
- API
application programming interface
- APLP
amyloid precursor–like protein
- APTS
1-aminopyrene-3,6,8-trisulfonic acid
- ASGPR
asialoglycoprotein receptor
- AST
arylsulfotransferase
- AuNP
gold nanoparticle
- AVM
arteriovenous malformation
- BCR
B-cell receptor
- BCSDB
Bacterial Carbohydrate Structure Database
- βCD
β-cyclodextrin
- BMP
bone morphogenetic protein OR bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate
- BSA
bovine serum albumin
- CAD
collision-activated dissociation
- CASPER
Computer Assisted Spectrum Evaluation of Regular Polysaccharides [program]
- CAZy
Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes [database]
- CBM
carbohydrate-binding molecule
- CCP
complement control protein
- CCSD
Complex Carbohydrate Structure Database [aka CarbBank database]
- CDG-II
congenital disorders of glycosylation type II
- CD-MPR
cation-dependent mannose 6-phosphate receptor
- CE
capillary electrophoresis
- CEBiP
chitin oligosaccharide elicitor-binding protein
- CESA
cellulose synthase
- CFG
Consortium for Functional Glycomics
- CFTR
cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
- CHIME
coloboma, heart defects, ichthyosiform dermatitis, mental retardation, and ear anomalies with hearing loss [syndrome]
- CHO
Chinese hamster ovary
- CID
collision-induced dissociation
- CI-MPR
cation-independent mannose 6-phosphate receptor
- CK
creatine kinase
- CM
cytoplasmic membrane
- CMAH
CMP–Neu5Ac hydroxylase
- CMD
congenital muscular dystrophy
- CMP
cytidine monophosphate
- CMS
congenital myasthemic syndrome
- CMV
cytomegalovirus
- CN
cellulose nanomaterial
- CNS
central nervous system
- CNT
carbon nanotube
- CNTFR
ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor
- CNX
calnexin
- COG
conserved oligomeric Golgi
- ConA
concanavalin A
- COPD
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- COSY
coupling correlated spectroscopy
- CPS
capsular polysaccharide
- CRD
carbohydrate-recognition domain OR cross-reacting determinant
- CREB
cAMP response element binding
- CREG
cellular repressor of E1A-stimulated genes
- CRISPR
clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
- CRP
C-reactive protein
- crRNA
CRISPR-targeting guide RNA
- CRT
calreticulin
- cryo-EM
cryo-electron microscopy
- CS
chondroitin sulfate OR circumsporozoite
- CsA
contact site A
- CSDB
Carbohydrate Structure Database
- CSL
CBF1, Su(H), Lag-1
- CTD
carboxy-terminal domain
- CTL
C-type lectin
- CTLD
C-type lectin domain
- CTLF
C-type lectin fold
- DAF
decay accelerating factor
- DAG
diacylglycerol
- DAMP
damage-associated molecular pattern
- DANA
2-deoxy-2,3-di-dehydro-N-acetylneuraminic acid
- DAP
DNAX activation protein
- DBL
Dolichos biflorus lectin
- DC
dendritic cell
- DCAL
dendritic cell–associated lectin
- DC-SIGN
dendritic cell–specific intercellular adhesion molecule-3-grabbing nonintegrin
- DDD2
Dowling–Degos disease type 2
- DFT
density functional theory
- DGDG
1,2-diacyl-3-O-(α-D-Gal-(1,6)-O-β-Gal)-sn-glycerol OR digalactosyldiacylglycerol
- DIC
disseminated intravascular coagulation
- DMAP
DNA methylase-associated protein
- DMB
1,2-diamino-4,5-methylenedioxybenzene
- Dol-P
dolichol phosphate
- Dol-PP
dolichol pyrophosphate
- DON
deoxynorleucine OR 6-diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine
- dp
degree of polymerization
- D-PDMP
D-threo-1-phenyl-2-decanoylamino-3-morpholino-1-propanol
- Dpp
Decapentaplegic
- DS
dermatan sulfate
- DSA
Datura stramonium agglutinin
- DspB
dispersin B
- DTD
diastrophic dystrophy
- eAChE
erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase
- EAE
experimental allergic encephalomyelitis
- EBA
erythrocyte-binding antigen
- EBI
European Bioinformatics Institute
- EBL
erythrocyte-binding-like
- EBR1
egg binding receptor 1
- EBV
Epstein–Barr virus
- EC
Enzyme Commission
- ECD
electron capture dissociation
- ECM
extracellular matrix
- EcorL
Erythrina corallodendron lectin
- EDEM
ER degradation-enhancing α-mannosidase I–like protein
- EET
enzyme enhancement therapy
- EGF
epidermal growth factor
- EGT
ecdysteroid glucosyltransferase
- EI
electron impact
- eIF2
eukaryotic initiation factor 2
- EIS
electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
- Elf-1
E74-like factor 1
- ELISA
enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay
- EMT
epithelial–mesenchymal transition
- ENDO F2
endoglycosidase F2
- ENDO H
endoglycosidase H
- eNOS
endothelial nitric oxide synthase
- EOGT
EGF-specific O-GlcNAc transferase
- EPEC
enteropathogenic E. coli
- EPG
endopolygalacturonase
- E-PHA
erythroagglutining phytohemagglutinin from Phaseolus vulgaris
- EPO
erythropoietin
- EPS
exopolysaccharide OR extracellular polysaccharide
- ER
endoplasmic reticulum
- ERAD
endoplasmic reticulum–associated degradation
- ERGIC
ER–Golgi intermediate compartment
- ERK
extracellular mitogen-regulated protein kinase
- ERT
enzyme replacement therapy
- ESI
electrospray ionization
- ETD
electron transfer dissociation
- EtNP
ethanolamine phosphate
- FAB
fast atom bombardment
- FACE
fluorophore-assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis
- FAK
focal adhesion kinase
- FCMD
Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy
- f-CNT
functionalized carbon nanotube
- FET
field-effect transistor
- FGE
formylglycine-generating enzyme
- FGF
fibroblast growth factor
- FGFR
fibroblast growth factor receptor
- FHA
filamentous hemagglutinin
- FKRP
fukutin-related protein
- FKTN
fukutin
- FRC
fibroblastic reticular cell
- FSH
follicle-stimulating hormone
- FSP
fucose sulfate polymer
- FT
Fourier transform
- GABA
γ-aminobutyric acid
- GAG
glycosaminoglycan
- GALE
uridine diphosphate galactose-4-epimerase
- GALK
galactokinase
- GALNT
polypeptide GalNAc-transferase
- GALT
galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase
- GARP
glutamic acid/alanine-rich protein
- GAS
Group A streptococcus
- GalT
galactosyltransferase
- GBP
glycan-binding protein
- GBS
Group B streptococcus OR Guillain–Barré syndrome
- GC
gas chromatography
- GCS
glycosylceramide synthase
- GDNFR-α
glial-cell-[line-]derived neurotrophic factor receptor-α
- GFAT
glucosamine:fructose aminotransferase
- GFP
green fluorescent protein
- GH
glycoside hydrolase [aka glycosidase]
- GIPL
glycoinositol phospholipid
- Glc
glucose
- GlcA
glucuronic acid
- GLIC
Glycome Informatics Consortium
- GlycO
Glycomics Ontology
- GNA
Galanthus nivalis agglutinin
- GNE
N-acetylglucosamine-2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase
- GPCR
G protein–coupled receptor
- GPI
glycosylphosphatidylinositol
- GPI-AP
GPI-anchored protein
- GPP
Glycan Pathway Predictor
- GRIFIN
galectin-related interfiber protein
- GRP
glycan-recognizing probe OR galectin-related protein OR glycan-recognizing protein
- GS
glycogen synthase
- GSC
germline stem cell
- GSK3β
glycogen synthase kinase-3β
- GSL
glycosphingolipid
- GT
glycosyltransferase
- GWAS
genome-wide association study
- GXM
glucuronoxylomannan
- GXMG
glucuronoxylomannogalactan
- HA
hyaluronan OR hemagglutinin
- HAPLN
hyaluronan and proteoglycan link protein
- HAS
hyaluronan synthase
- HAT
histone acetyltransferase
- HBHA
heparin-binding hemagglutinin adhesin
- HBP
hexosamine biosynthetic pathway
- HCD
high-energy collision dissociation
- HDL
high-density lipoprotein
- HDX
hydrogen deuterium exchange
- HEMPAS
hereditary erythroblastic multinuclearity with positive acidified-serum test
- HEV
high endothelial venule
- HF
hydrogen fluoride
- HG
homogalacturonan
- HGF
hepatocyte growth factor
- Hh
Hedgehog
- HIBM-II
hereditary inclusion body myopathy type II
- HIF
hypoxia-inducible factor
- HILIC
hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography
- Hint-1
human intelectin 1
- HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
- HMBC
heteronuclear multiple-bond correlation
- HME
hereditary multiple exocytosis
- HMG
high mobility group
- HMM
hidden Markov model
- HPA
Helix pomatia agglutinin
- HPAEC
high-pH anion-exchange chromatography
- HPCE
high-performance capillary electrophoresis
- HPLC
high-performance liquid chromatography
- HPMRS
hyperphosphatasia with mental retardation syndrome
- HRGP
hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein
- HRP
horseradish peroxidase
- HS
heparan sulfate
- HSQC
heteronuclear single quantum coherence
- HSV
herpes simplex virus
- HUPO-PSI
Human Proteome Organization-Proteomics Standards Initiative
- Hyp
hydroxyproline
- IC
intermediate compartment
- ICAM
intercellular adhesion molecule
- ID
intellectual disability
- IDGF
imaginal disc growth factor
- IdoA
iduronic acid
- IEF
isoelectric focusing
- IFN-γ
interferon-γ
- IGD
inherited GPI deficiency
- IGSF
immunoglobulin superfamily
- IL-1
Interleukin-1
- IR
insulin receptor OR infrared
- IRS
insulin receptor substrate
- ITAM
immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activatory motif
- ITC
isothermal titration calorimetry
- ITI
inter-α-trypsin inhibitor
- ITIM
immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif
- IUBMB
International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- IUPAC
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
- JCGGDB
Japan Consortium for Glycobiology and Glycotechnology Database
- KCF
KEGG Chemical Function
- KDN
2-keto-3-deoxy-D-glycero-D-galactonononic acid
- KEGG
Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomics
- KIR
killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor
- KLH
keyhole limpet hemocyanin
- KO
KEGG Orthology [database]
- KS
keratan sulfate
- LAA
Laburnum alpinum agglutinin
- LAM
lipoarabinomannan
- LC
liquid chromatography
- LCA
Lens culinaris agglutinin
- LDL
low-density lipoprotein
- LDN
LacdiNAc
- LDNF
fucosylated LacdiNAc
- LecRK
L-type lectin receptor kinase
- LERP
lysosomal enzyme receptor protein
- Lev
levulinoyl
- LIF
leukemia inhibitory factor OR laser-induced fluorescence
- LLO
lipid-linked oligosaccharide
- LM
lipomannan
- LMW
low-molecular-weight
- LNP
lectin nucleotide phosphohydrolase
- LOS
lipooligosaccharide
- LPG
lipophosphoglycan
- L-PHA
L-phytohemagglutinin
- LPPG
lipopeptidophosphoglycan
- LPS
lipopolysaccharide
- LSC
leukemic stem cell
- LSL
Lonchocarpus sericeus agglutinin
- LSPR
localized surface plasmon resonance
- LTA
lipoteichoic acid OR Lotus tetragonolobus agglutinin
- LysM
lysozyme motif
- mAb
monoclonal antibody
- MAG
myelin-associated glycoprotein
- MAH
Maackia aamurensis hemagglutinin
- MAL
Maackia amurensis lectin
- MALDI-MS
matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry
- MALDI-TOF
matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight
- MAP
mitogen-activated protein
- MAPK
MAP kinase
- MASP
MBL-associated serine protease
- MBL
mannose-binding lectin
- MBP
mannose-binding protein OR major basic protein
- MCD
macular corneal dystrophy
- MD
molecular dynamics
- m-DAP
meso-diaminopimelic acid
- MDCK
Madin–Darby canine kidney
- MDL
myeloid DAP12-associating lectin
- MDO
membrane-derived oligosaccharide
- MDP
metallodipeptidase
- MEB
muscle–eye–brain disease
- MGDG
1,2-diacyl-3-O-(β-D-Gal)-sn-glycerol OR monogalactosyldiacylglycerol
- MGL
macrophage galactose-binding lectin
- MGUS
monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance
- MHC
major histocompatibility complex
- MIAPE
Minimum Information for A Proteomics Experiment [initiative]
- MICL
myeloid inhibitory CTL-like receptor
- MINCLE
macrophage inducible Ca++-dependent lectin
- MIP-1β
macrophage inflammatory protein-1β
- MIRAGE
Minimum Information Required for A Glycomics Experiment [initiative]
- MM
molecular mechanics
- MMDB
Molecular Modeling Database
- MN
membranous neuropathy
- MND
motor neuron disease
- MNP
magnetic nanoparticle
- mOGT
mitochondrial OGT
- MPL
monophosphoryl lipid A
- MPR
M6P receptor
- MR
mannose receptor
- MRH
M6P receptor homology OR mannose receptor homologous
- MRI
magnetic resonance imaging
- mRNA
messenger RNA
- MS
mass spectrometry
- MSD
multiple sulfatase deficiency
- MSP
merozoite surface protein
- MTD
major tropism determinant
- MTG
mind-the-gap [protein]
- 4-MU
4-methylumbelliferone
- MVB
multivesicular body
- MWCNT
multiwalled carbon nanotube
- NAD
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
- NADPH
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
- NCAM
neural cell adhesion molecule
- NCBI
National Center for Biotechnology Information
- ncOGT
nucleocytoplasmic OGT
- Neu
neuraminic acid
- NF-κB
nuclear factor-κB
- NHS
N-hydroxysuccinimide
- NIR
near-infrared
- NK
natural killer
- NKT
natural killer T
- NLR
NOD-like receptor
- NLS
nuclear localization sequence
- NMJ
neuromuscular junction
- NMR
nuclear magnetic resonance
- NOD
nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain
- NOE
nuclear Overhauser effect
- NP
nanoparticle
- NSID
nonsyndromic intellectual disability
- NulO
nonulosonic acid
- ODR-2
odorant response abnormal 2
- OGA
O-GlcNAcase
- OGT
O-GlcNAc transferase
- OMIM
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
- OPG
osmoregulated periplasmic glucan
- O-PS
O-antigen polysaccharide
- ORF
open reading frame
- OST
oligosaccharyltransferase
- OTase
oligosaccharyltransferase
- PAD
pulsed amperometric detection
- PAH
pulmonary arterial hypertension
- PAI-1
plasminogen activator inhibitor-1
- PAM
protospacer adjacent motif
- PAMP
pathogen-associated molecular pattern
- PAP
pulmonary arterial pressure
- PAPS
3′-phosphoadenosine-5′-phosphosulfate
- PAS
periodic acid–Schiff
- PBP
penicillin-binding protein
- PC
phosphorylcholine OR polycystin
- PcG
Polycomb group
- PCLP
podocalyxin-like protein
- PCP
polysaccharide copolymerase
- PCR
polymerase chain reaction
- PCT
pharmacological chaperone therapy
- PDB
Protein Data Bank
- PDI
protein disulfide isomerase
- PDK
phosphatidylinositol-dependent kinase
- PDX1
pancreatic and duodenal homeobox 1
- PE
phosphonoethanolamine
- PECAM
platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule
- PEP
phosphoenolpyruvate
- PG
phosphoglycan
- PGC
porous graphitized carbon
- PGIP
polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins
- PGM
phosphoglucomutase
- PHAL
phytohemagglutinin L
- PHF
paired helical filament
- PI
phosphatidylinositol
- PI3K
phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
- PILR
paired immunoglobulin-like receptor
- PIM
phosphatidylinositol mannoside
- PKC
protein kinase C
- PLAP
placental alkaline phosphatase
- PLC
phospholipase C
- PLE
protein-losing enteropathy
- PLM
phospholipomannan
- PMAA
partially methylated alditol acetate
- PMT
protein mannosyltransferase
- PNA
peanut agglutinin
- PNAG
poly-N-acetylglucosamine
- PNGase F
peptide-N-glycosidase F
- PNH
paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
- PNS
peripheral nervous system
- POFUT1
protein O-fucosyltransferase 1
- POGLUT1
protein O-glucosyltransferase 1
- PPG
proteophosphoglycan
- PrP
prion protein
- PRR
pattern-recognition receptor
- PS
phosphatidylserine
- PsA
prespore antigen
- PSA
Pisum sativum agglutinin OR polysialic acid
- PSGL
P-selectin glycoprotein ligand
- PSL
Pisum sativum lectin (pea lectin)
- PSP
promastigote surface protease
- PVD
pulmonary vascular resistance
- QCM
quartz crystal microbalance
- QD
quantum dot
- QM
quantum mechanical
- QTOF
quadrupole time of flight
- RA
rheumatoid arthritis
- RAGE
receptor for advanced glycation end products
- RANKL
receptor activator of nuclear factor (NF)-κB ligand
- Rb
retinoblastoma
- RCA
Ricinus communis agglutinin
- RCL
reactive center loop
- RDF
Resource Description Framework
- rER
rough endoplasmic reticulum
- RF
radio frequency
- RG
rhamnogalacturonan
- RHO
ras homolog
- RI
refractive index
- RINGS
Resource for Informatics of Glycomes at Soka
- RIP
ribosome-inactivating protein
- RME
receptor-mediated endocytosis
- RNAi
RNA interference
- RNA-seq
RNA sequencing
- ROS
reactive oxygen species
- RPTP
receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase
- rRNA
ribosomal RNA
- RRV
relative reactivity value
- RU
repeating unit OR resonance unit
- SAG
surface antigen
- SAM
self-assembled monolayer
- SAMP
self-associated molecular pattern
- SAP
sphingolipid activator protein OR serum amyloid P
- SAX
strong anion exchange chromatography
- SAXS
small-angle X-ray scattering
- SBA
soybean agglutinin
- SCD
sickle cell disease
- scFv
single-chain variable fragment
- SDF-1
stromal cell–derived factor-1
- SDS-PAGE
sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
- SEC
size exclusion chromatography
- SED
spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia
- SHP-1
Src homology region 2 domain–containing phosphatase-1
- shRNA
short hairpin RNA
- Sia
sialic acid
- SiaT
sialyltransferase
- SIB
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
- Siglec
Sia-binding immunoglobulin-like lectin
- siRNA
small interfering RNA
- SLE
systemic lupus erythematosus
- SLRP
small leucine-rich proteoglycan
- Sn
sialoadhesin
- SNA
Sambucus nigra agglutinin
- SNFG
Symbol Nomenclature for Glycans
- SNP
single-nucleotide polymorphism
- sOGT
short OGT
- SPR
surface plasmon resonance
- SRT
substrate reduction therapy
- SSA
Sambucus sieboldiana lectin
- SSEA
stage-specific embryonic antigen
- STAT5
signal transducer and activator of transcription 5
- STD
saturation transfer difference
- SVM
support vector machine
- SWCNT
single-walled carbon nanotube
- tACE
testis angiotensin-converting enzyme
- TACE
TNF-α-converting enzyme
- TAIR
The Arabidopsis Information Service
- TALE
transcription activator–like effector
- TALEN
transcription activator–like effector nuclease
- TBS
tertbutyldimethylsilyl
- TCGA
The Cancer Genome Atlas
- TCR
T-cell receptor
- T-DNA
transfer DNA
- TEM
transmission electron microscopy
- TET
ten-eleven translocation
- TF
transcription factor
- TGF-β
transforming growth factor β
- Th1
T helper 1
- TLC
thin-layer chromatography
- TLR
Toll-like receptor
- TM
transmembrane domain
- TMT
tandem mass tag
- TNALP
tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase
- TNF-α
tumor necrosis factor-α
- TOCSY
total correlation spectroscopy
- TP
transpeptidase
- TPA
tissue plasminogen activator
- TPR
tetratricopeptide repeat
- Treg
regulatory T cell
- trNOE
transferred nuclear Overhauser effect
- TS
trans-sialidase
- TSG
TNF-α-stimulated gene
- TSP
thrombospondin
- TSR
thrombospondin repeat
- TS-TEM
ultrathin section transmission electron microscopy
- UCH
ubiquitin carboxyhydrolase
- UEA
Ulex europaeus agglutinin
- UGT or UGGT
UDP-glucose glycoprotein glucosyltransferase
- uPA(R)
urokinase-type plasminogen activator (receptor)
- UTI
urinary tract infection
- UV-Vis
ultraviolet-visible
- VEGF
vascular endothelial growth factor
- VIPL
VIP3b-like
- VNTR
variable number tandem repeat
- VSA
variant surface antigen
- VSG
variant surface glycoprotein
- VWF
von Willebrand factor
- VZV
Varicella zoster virus
- WFA
Wisteria floribunda agglutinin
- WGA
wheat germ agglutinin
- WTA
wall teichoic acid
- XGA
xylogalacturonan
- XLNSID
X-linked nonsyndromic intellectual disability
- XPS
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
- YY1
Yin Yang 1
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Published online: 2017.
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Varki A, Cummings RD, Esko JD, et al., editors. Essentials of Glycobiology [Internet]. 3rd edition. Cold Spring Harbor (NY): Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; 2015-2017. Abbreviations. 2017.