Hyaluronan synthases: Fascinating glycosyltransferases from vertebrates, bacterial pathogens, and algal viruses

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 670-682

  DeAngelis, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzymology; Glycosyltransferase; Hyaluronan; Hyaluronan synthase; Hyaluronate; Hyaluronic acid; Membrane proteins; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYALURONIC ACID; MEMBRANE ENZYME; SYNTHETASE; VIRUS ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ALGAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HYALURONIC ACID; LIPID METABOLISM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSFERASES; VERTEBRATES; VIRUSES; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0032754629     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050461     Document Type: Review

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