Divergent evolution of fucosyltransferase genes from vertebrates, invertebrates, and bacteria

Glycobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 323-334

  Oriol, Rafael ^a   Mollicone, Rosella ^a   Cailleau, Anne ^a   Balanzino, Luis ^a   Breton, Christelle ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHES SUR LES MACROMOLÉCULES VÉGÉTALES CERMAV CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Fucosyltransferase conserved peptide motifs; Helicobacter pylori; Leishmania; NodZ; Phylogeny; Schistosoma

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDE;

BACTERIUM; DATA BASE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VERTEBRATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PRIMATES; SCHISTOSOMA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032906430     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/9.4.323     Document Type: Review

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