β-1,3-galactosyltransferase and α-1,2-fucosyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of type-1-chain carbohydrate antigens in human colon adenocarcinoma cell lines

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 256, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 494-501

  Valli, Maurizia ^a   Gallanti, Angelo ^a   Bozzaro, Salvatore ^b   Trinchera, Marco ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Biochimica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate antigen; Colon carcinoma; Glycosyltransferase; Immunostaining

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CELL SURFACE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031713428     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2560494.x     Document Type: Article

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