Authors: Ben Kellman and Bokan Bao
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Association of glycans with functions through covalent and lectin interactions -- SugarDB - lectin:glycan interactions -- unicarbKB - glycoprotein:glycan interactions -- Paulsson Cummumings (?) - glycan arrays (which glycans are bound by a given lectin?)
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Generalization of glycan:function associations to motifs contained in those glycans -- Leverage existing motif search tools: MCAW -- Develop internal motif search tools based on network motif search (resolves limitations of MCAW induced by pre-filtration step)
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Annotate unknown glycans by their motifs -- Glytoucan glycans not found in annotation databases -- Generate theoretical glycans using metabolic models