Unique genomic structure and expression of the mouse α2,8-sialyltransferase (ST8Sia III) gene

Glycobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 573-580

  Yoshida, Yukiko ^a   Kurosawa, Nobuyuki ^a   Kanematsu, Tae ^a   Taguchi, Akiko ^b   Arita, Masanobu ^b   Kojima, Naoya ^a   Tsuji, Shuichi ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b TOKYO KASEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genomic organization; Promoter analysis; Sialyltransferase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; SIALYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TESTIS;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; SIALYLTRANSFERASES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029952844     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/6.6.573     Document Type: Article

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