Reduction of the major porcine xenoantigen Galα(1,3)Gal by expression of α(1,2)fucosyltransferase

Xenotransplantation

Volumn 3, Issue 1 PART 2, 1996, Pages 134-140

  Sandrin, Mauro S ^a   Fodor, William L ^b   Cohney, Shlomo ^a   Mouhtouris, Effie ^a   Osman, Narin ^a   Rollins, Scott A ^b   Squinto, Stephen P ^b   McKenzie, Ian F C ^a  

^a AUSTIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gal (1,3)Gal; Glycosyltransferase; Natural antibodies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000221664     PISSN: 0908665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3089.1996.tb00130.x     Document Type: Article

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