Molecular cloning of a human UDP-galactose:GlcNAcβ1,3GalNAc β1,3 galactosyltransferase gene encoding an O-linked core3-elongation enzyme

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 571-576

  Zhou, Dapeng ^b   Berger, Eric G ^b   Hennet, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Colon carcinoma; Galactosyltransferase; Mucin

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CARCINOMA CELL; CHROMOSOME 21; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SMALL INTESTINE;

ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

DNA VIRUSES; INSECTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0001508998     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00541.x     Document Type: Article

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