Tissue expression and amino acid sequence of murine UDP-N- acetylglucosamine-2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 260, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 923-927

  Horstkorte, Rüdiger ^a   Nöhring, Sabine ^a   Wiechens, Nicola ^a   Schwarzkopf, Martina ^a   Danker, Kerstin ^a   Reutter, Werner ^a   Lucka, Lothar ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neuraminic acid synthesis; Tissue expression; UDP N acetylglucosamine 2 epimerase N acetylmannosamine kinase

Indexed keywords

EPIMERASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033559234     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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