Three bovine α2-fucosyltransferase genes encode enzymes that preferentially transfer fucose on Galβ1-3GalNAc acceptor substrates

Glycobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 611-621

  Barreaud, Jean Pierre ^b   Saunier, Katiana ^b,c   Souchaire, Jacques ^b   Delourme, Didier ^b   Oulmouden, Ahmad ^b   Oriol, Rafael ^d   Levéziel, Hubert ^b,c   Julien, Raymond ^b   Petit, Jean Michel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Bovine species; Cloning; Evolutionary rate; GM1 and galacto N biose acceptors; Phylogeny; Tissue expression; 2 fucosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPITOPE; FUCOSE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; DNA; GALACTOSIDE 2 ALPHA L FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSIDE 2-ALPHA-L-FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; CATTLE; GENE ISOLATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL STRAIN COS1; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBIT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CATTLE; COS CELLS; DNA; FUCOSE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033625427     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/10.6.611     Document Type: Article

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