Identification and characterization of large galactosyltransferase gene families: Galactosyltransferases for all functions

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1473, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-53

  Amado, Margarida ^a,b   Almeida, Raquel ^a,b   Schwientek, Tilo ^a   Clausen, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chromosome; Enzym e; Galactosyltransferase; Gene; Glycosylation; Glycosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENE DUPLICATION; GLYCOLIPIDS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032759101     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(99)00168-3     Document Type: Review

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