Human N-acetylglucosaminyltransferaser III gene is transcribed from multiple promoters

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 238, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 853-861

  Koyama, Nobuto ^a   Miyoshi, Eiji ^a   Ihara, Yoshito ^a   Kang, Rujun ^a   Nishikawa, Atsushi ^a   Taniguchi, Naoyuki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

gene promoter system; genomic structure; luciferase assay; N acetylglucosaminyltransferase III; N linked oligosaccharide

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; BETA 1,4 MANNOSYL GLYCOPROTEIN BETA 1,4 N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; BETA-1,4-MANNOSYL-GLYCOPROTEIN BETA-1,4-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0029665858     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0853w.x     Document Type: Article

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