Characterization of serum β-glucuronyltransferase involved in chondroitin sulfate biosynthesis

Glycobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 905-911

  Kitagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Ujikawa, Miho ^a   Tsutsumi, Kae ^a   Tamura, Jun Ichi ^b   Neumann, Klaus W ^b   Ogawa, Tomoya ^b,c   Sugahara, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a KOBE PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chondroitin sulfate; GlcA transferase; Glycosaminoglycan; Glycosyltransferase; Proteoglycan

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0030690388     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/7.7.905     Document Type: Article

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