β1,6 N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (core 2 GlcNAc-T) expression in normal rat tissues and different cell lines: Evidence for complex mechanisms of regulation

Glycobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 731-740

  VanderElst, Ingrid E ^a   Datti, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Inflazyme Pharmaceuticals Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

1,6 N acetylglucosaminyltransferase; Antibody; Expression; Fluorometric assay; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; BETA 1,3 GALACTOSYL O GLYCOSYL GLYCOPROTEIN BETA 1,6 ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYL TRANSFERASE; BETA-1,3-GALACTOSYL-O-GLYCOSYL-GLYCOPROTEIN BETA-1,6-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYL TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOENZYME;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CHO CELL; ENDODERM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GOLGI COMPLEX; HAMSTER; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; LIVER; LUNG; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GOLGI APPARATUS; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LIVER; LUNG; MICE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYOCARDIUM; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPLEEN; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0031596336     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/8.7.731     Document Type: Article

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