Mapping of the α-1,6-fucosyltransferase gene, FUT8, to human chromosome 14q24.3

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 58-60

  Yamaguchi, Y ^a   Fujii, J ^a   Inoue, S ^a   Uozumi, N ^a   Yanagidani, S ^a   Ikeda, Y ^a   Egashira, M ^b   Miyoshi, O ^b   Niikawa, N ^b   Taniguchi, Naoyuki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME 14Q; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032917124     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000015215     Document Type: Article

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