CMP-NeuAc:Galβ1→4GlcNAc α2→6sialyltransferase catalyzes NeuAc transfer to glycolipids

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1795-1806

  Nakamura, Mitsuru ^a   Tsunoda, Atsuko ^a   Yanagisawa, Ken ^a   Furukawa, Yusuke ^a   Kikuchi, Jiro ^a,b   Iwase, Satsuki ^a,c   Sakai, Takao ^a   Larson, Göran ^e   Saito, Masaki ^a,d  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hitachi Koki Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cDNA transfection; Gene overexpression; Glycosphingolipid; Sialyltransferase; Stable expression; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; SIALYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATALYSIS; DAUDI CELL; DNA TRANSFECTION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COS CELLS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GANGLIOSIDES; GLYCOLIPIDS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SIALYLTRANSFERASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0030849464     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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