Novel functions of complex carbohydrates elucidated by the mutant mice of glycosyltransferase genes

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1525, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 1-12

  Furukawa, Koichi ^a   Takamiya, Kogo ^b   Okada, Masahiko ^a,c   Inoue, Masahiro ^a   Fukumoto, Satoshi ^a,c   Furukawa, Keiko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Complex carbohydrate; Gene knock out; Glycoconjugate; Glycosyltransferase; Sulfotransferase

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MUTANT PROTEIN;

CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; GENE MUTATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

EID: 0035895782     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(00)00185-9     Document Type: Review

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