Genomic organization and chromosomal localization of three members of the UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine: Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase family

Glycobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 547-555

  Bennett, Eric Paul ^a   Weghuis, Daniel Olde ^b   Merkx, Gerard ^b   Van Kessel, Ad Geurts ^b   Eiberg, Hans ^a   Clausen, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chromosome; GalNAc transferase; Genome; O glycosylation

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; POLYPEPTIDE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME 2Q; EXON; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; EXONS; GENES; GENOME; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0031811894     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/8.6.547     Document Type: Article

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