Diverse glycosylation of MUC1 and MUC2: Potential significance in tumor immunity

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 975-985

  Irimura, Tatsuro ^a   Denda, Kaori ^a   Iida, Shin Ichiro ^a   Takeuchi, Hideyuki ^a   Kato, Kentaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Immunity; Mucin; O glycosylation; UDP GalNAc:polypeptide N acetylgalactosaminyltransferases

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; GLYCAN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MUCIN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; POLYPEPTIDE; SERINE; THREONINE;

GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; REVIEW; TANDEM REPEAT; TUMOR IMMUNITY;

EID: 0033402547     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022565     Document Type: Review

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