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Figure 2

From: Toolboxes for a standardised and systematic study of glycans

Figure 2

Graphical representation of glycans. Examples for graphical representations of glycan structures corresponding to the illustration of Figure 1. (A) CFG cartoon representation using colour symbols. (B) CFG cartoon representation using greyscale symbols. (C) Oxford cartoon representation. (D) IUPAC like representation using textual names. (E) Chemical representation preferred by carbohydrate chemists. A definition of the symbols and corresponding monosaccharide names is shown below (E).

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