α1,4-fucosyltransferase activity: A significant function in the primate lineage has appeared twice independently

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 815-824

  Dupuy, Fabrice ^a   Germot, Agnès ^a   Marenda, Mickaël ^a   Oriol, Rafaël ^a   Blancher, Antoine ^a   Julien, Raymond ^a   Maftah, Abderrahman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

Acceptor substrate specificity; Evolution; Lewis; Phylogeny; Primate; 3 4 fucosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,4 FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID; FUCOSE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GALACTOSIDE 3 FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSIDE 3(4) LEVO FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSIDE 3(4)-L-FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSIDE 3-FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EVOLUTION; FUCOSYLATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PROSIMIAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SQUIRREL; SUGAR TRANSPORT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; LEMURIDAE; MACACA MULATTA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES; SAIMIRI; SCIURIDAE; STREPSIRHINI; VARECIA VARIEGATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036016109     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004138     Document Type: Article

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