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. 2022:2460:67-87.
doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2148-6_5.

General Strategies for Glycan Microarray Data Processing and Analysis

J Sebastian Temme  1 , Jeffrey C Gildersleeve  2
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General Strategies for Glycan Microarray Data Processing and Analysis

J Sebastian Temme et al. Methods Mol Biol. 2022.

Abstract

Glycan microarrays provide a high-throughput technology for rapidly profiling interactions between carbohydrates and glycan-binding proteins (GBPs). Use of glycan microarrays involves several general steps, including construction of the microarray, carrying out the assay, detection of binding events, and analysis of the results. While multiple platforms have been developed to construct microarrays, most utilize fluorescence for detection of binding events. This chapter describes methods to acquire and process microarray images, including generating GAL files, imaging of the slide, aligning the grid, detecting problematic spots, and evaluating the quality of the data. The chapter focuses on processing our neoglycoprotein microarrays, but many of the lessons we have learned are applicable to other array formats.

Keywords: Carbohydrates; Data Analysis; Glycan Microarray; Glycan-Binding Protein; Glycobiology; High-throughput screening; Lectins.

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