Identification of an α3-fucosyltransferase and a novel α2- fucosyltransferase activity in cercariae of the schistosome Trichobilharzia ocellata: Biosynthesis of the Fucα1→2Fucα1→3[Gal(NAc)β1→4]GlcNac sequence

Glycobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 393-406

  Hokke, Cornelis H ^a   Neeleman, Alex P ^a   Koeleman, Carolien A M ^a   Van Den Eijnden, Dirk H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

1H NMR spectroscopy; Antigenic oligosaccharides; Glycosyltransferase; Parasites

Indexed keywords

FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; CD15 ANTIGEN; GALACTOSIDE 2 ALPHA L FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSIDE 2-ALPHA-L-FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSIDE 3 FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSIDE 3-FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOCONJUGATE;

ARTICLE; CERCARIA; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ISOLATION; FUCOSYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SCHISTOSOMA; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DUCK; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KINETICS; LYMNAEA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AVES; SCHISTOSOMA; TRICHOBILHARZIA OCELLATA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD15; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; DUCKS; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLYCOCONJUGATES; HUMANS; KINETICS; LYMNAEA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031594688     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/8.4.393     Document Type: Article

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