Human histo-blond group ABO glycosyltransferase genes: Different enhancer structures with different transcriptional activities

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 273, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 459-466

  Yu, Lung Chih ^a   Chang, Ching Yi ^a   Twu, Yuh Ching ^a   Lin, Marie ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ABO; Blood group; Glycosyltransferase; Minisatellite

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; BLOOD GROUP SUBSTANCE ALPHA D GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; BLOOD-GROUP-SUBSTANCE ALPHA-D-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; PRIMER DNA; UDPGALACTOSAMINE GALACTOSE ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; UDPGALACTOSAMINE-GALACTOSE ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; TANDEM REPEAT;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA PRIMERS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033624122     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2962     Document Type: Article

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