Human α3-fucosyltransferases convert chitin oligosaccharides to products containing a GlcNAcβ1-4(Fucα1-3)GlcNAcβ1-4R determinant at the nonreducing terminus

Glycobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 209-216

  Natunen, Jari ^a   Aitio, Olli ^a   Helin, Jari ^a   Maaheimo, Hannu ^a   Niemelä, Ritva ^a   Heikkinen, Sami ^a   Renkonen, Ossi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chitin oligosaccharides; Human 3 fucosyltransferases; Site specific, peridistal 3 fucosylation

Indexed keywords

AMINE; CHITIN; EPITOPE; FUCOSE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; TRISACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NODULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CHITIN; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 0034743944     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/11.3.209     Document Type: Article

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