Heterologous expression of an engineered truncated form of human Lewis fucosyltransferase (Fuc-TIII) by the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris

Glycobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 919-925

  Gallet, Paul François ^a   Vaujour, Hélène ^a   Petit, Jean Michel ^a   Maftah, Abderrahman ^a   Oulmouden, Ahmad ^a   Oriol, Rafael ^b   Le Narvor, Christine ^c   Guilloton, Michel ^a   Julien, Raymond ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Institut de Biotechnologie   (France)

Author keywords

Glycosyltransferase; Lewis a; Pichia pastoris

Indexed keywords

FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMYCETALES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GOLGI COMPLEX; KINETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

PICHIA PASTORIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0031657629     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/8.9.919     Document Type: Article

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