A complete α1,3-galactosyltransferase gene is present in the human genome and partially transcribed

Glycobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 785-792

  Lantéri, Marion ^a   Giordanengo, Valérie ^a   Vidal, Frédérique ^b   Gaudray, Patrick ^c   Lefebvre, Jean Claude ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Alu element; Gene expression; Transcription stop; Xenograft

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPITOPE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYPEPTIDE; N ACETYLLACTOSAMINIDE ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; N-ACETYLLACTOSAMINIDE ALPHA-1,3-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME 9; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXON; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN GENOME; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

MURINAE; PRIMATES;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PSEUDOGENES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0036966210     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwf087     Document Type: Review

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