Transcription of the β-galactoside α2,6-sialyltransferase gene (SIAT1) in B-lymphocytes: Cell type-specific expression correlates with presence of the divergent 5'-untranslated sequence

Glycobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 907-914

  Lo, Neng Wen ^a,b   Lau, Joseph T Y ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

B cell; Gene expression; Sialyltransferase

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDE; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; GLYCOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; EXON; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIALYLTRANSFERASES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032858815     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/9.9.907     Document Type: Article

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