Molecular cloning and genomic analysis of mouse GalNAc α2,6- sialyltransferase (ST6GalNAc I)

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 845-854

  Kurosawa, Nobuyuki ^a,c   Takashima, Shou ^a,d   Kono, Mari ^a,e   Ikehara, Yuzuru ^a,f   Inoue, Mio ^a,g   Tachida, Yuriko ^a,g   Narimatsu, Hisashi ^b   Tsyji, Shuichi ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genomic organization; Sialyl Tn; Sialyltransferase; ST6GalNAc I

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ONCOPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SIALYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION;

GALLUS GALLUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034127049     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022678     Document Type: Article

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