Characterization of the substrate specificity of α1,3galactosyltransferase utilizing modified N-acetyllactosamine disaccharides

Glycobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 661-668

  Stults, Cheryl L M ^a,d   Macher, Bruce A ^a   Bhatti, Ruhie ^a   Srivastava, Om P ^b   Hindsgaul, Ole ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

galactosyltransferase; Amino acid modifiers; Synthetic acceptors and inhibitors

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DISACCHARIDE; EPITOPE; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOCONJUGATE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO SUGARS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BINDING SITES; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; COS CELLS; DISACCHARIDES; EPITOPES; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOCONJUGATES; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR PROBES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRISACCHARIDES;

EID: 0032800234     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/9.7.661     Document Type: Article

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