Involvement of methionine in the synthesis of certain membrane-associated nucleotide sugars by human amnion (WISH) cells

Cancer Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 37-40

  Wood, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fucose; Malignant transformation; Methionine; Nucleotide sugars; WISH cells

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; FUCOSE; MANNOSE; METHIONINE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE SUGAR;

AMNION; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030040786     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(95)04069-2     Document Type: Article

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