Polysialic acid, a unique glycan that is developmentally regulated by two polysialyltransferases, PST and STX, in the central nervous system: From biosynthesis to function

Pathology International

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 665-677

  Nakayama, Jun ^a   Angata, Kiyohiko ^b   Ong, Edgar ^b   Katsuyama, Tsutomu ^a   Fukuda, Minoru ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Expression cloning; Gene transfection; N glycan; Synaptic plasticity; 2,8 sialyltransferase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; POLYADENYLATED RNA; POLYSIALIC ACID; SIALYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031695872     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1998.tb03967.x     Document Type: Review

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