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ArticleGlycobiology2017

GlyTouCan: an accessible glycan structure repository.

Michael Tiemeyer, Kazuhiro Aoki, James Paulson, Richard D Cummings, William S York, Niclas G Karlsson, Frederique Lisacek, Nicolle H Packer, Matthew P Campbell, Nobuyuki P Aoki and 9 more

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Article in Glycobiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 94 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

94 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Michael TiemeyerComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Rd, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA.
Kazuhiro AokiComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Rd, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA.
James PaulsonThe Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Richard D CummingsHarvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, Room SL-0408, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
William S YorkComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Rd, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA.
Niclas G KarlssonUniversity of Gothenburg, Box 440, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden.
Frederique LisacekSwiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CUI - 7, route de Drize, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
Nicolle H PackerInstitute for Glycomics, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Parklands Drive, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia.
Matthew P CampbellInstitute for Glycomics, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Parklands Drive, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia.
Nobuyuki P AokiSoka University, 1-236 Tangi-machi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-8577, Japan.
Akihiro FujitaSoka University, 1-236 Tangi-machi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-8577, Japan.
Masaaki MatsubaraComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Rd, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA.
Daisuke ShinmachiSoka University, 1-236 Tangi-machi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-8577, Japan.
Shinichiro TsuchiyaMacquarie University, Balaclava Road, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia.
Issaku YamadaThe Noguchi Institute, 1-9-7, Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0003, Japan.
Michael PierceComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Rd, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA.
René RanzingerComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Rd, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA.
Hisashi NarimatsuNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0046, Japan.
Kiyoko F Aoki-KinoshitaSoka University, 1-236 Tangi-machi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-8577, Japan.

Funding

TR&D1: Stem Cell and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Resources (Pages 116-134)P41GM103490 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI PIERCE, J. MICHAEL · 2012 to 2018
$13.7M
Overall Priority Score P41GM103694 · NIGMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI CUMMINGS, RICHARD D · 2013 to 2018
$6.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103490NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103694
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rapid and continued growth in the generation of glycomic data has revealed the need for enhanced development of basic infrastructure for presenting and interpreting these datasets in a manner that engages the broader biomedical research community. Early in their growth, the genomic and proteomic fields implemented mechanisms for assigning unique gene and protein identifiers that were essential for organizing data presentation and for enhancing bioinformatic approaches to extracting knowledge. Similar unique identifiers are currently absent from glycomic data. In order to facilitate continued growth and expanded accessibility of glycomic data, the authors strongly encourage the glycomics community to coordinate the submission of their glycan structures to the GlyTouCan Repository and to make use of GlyTouCan identifiers in their communications and publications. The authors also deeply encourage journals to recommend a submission workflow in which submitted publications utilize GlyTouCan identifiers as a standard reference for explicitly describing glycan structures cited in manuscripts.

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Databases, ChemicalGlycomicsPolysaccharidesPolysaccharidesdatabaseglycan identifierGlyTouCanrepositorystructure

Identifiers

PMID28922742
PMCPMC5881658

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