Developmental expression and characterization of the α2,8-polysialyltransferase activity in embryonic chick brain

Glycobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 857-867

  Sevigny, Mary B ^a   Ye, Jean ^a   Kitazume Kawaguchi, Shinobu ^a,b   Troy II, Frederic A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Developmental expression; Kinetic properties; Polysialic acid; Polysialyltransferase

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; POLYSIALIC ACID; POLYSIALYL TRANSFERASE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOSYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; SIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031664066     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/8.9.857     Document Type: Article

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