Acceptor specificity of GDP-Fuc:Galβ1→4GlcNAc-R α3-fucosyltransferase VI (FucT VI) expressed in insect cells as soluble, secreted enzyme

Glycobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 921-927

  De Vrics, Theodora ^a,b   Palcic, Monica P ^a   Schoenmakers, Pascale S ^b   Van Den Eijnden, Dirk H ^a   Hjoziasse, David ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Enzyme assisted synthesis; Glycosyl transferase; Lewis x

Indexed keywords

FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BREAST MILK; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ETHYLMALEIMIDE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; INSECTS; KINETICS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0030714151     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/7.7.921     Document Type: Article

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