Targeted mutations in β1,4-galactosyltransferase I reveal its multiple cellular functions

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1573, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 258-270

  Rodeheffer, Carey ^a   Shur, Barry D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

1,4 Galactosyltransferase I; Fertilization; Glycosylation; Golgi complex; Mammary gland; Plasma membrane

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOPROTEIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; ISOENZYME; N ACETYLLACTOSAMINE SYNTHASE;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURFACE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYTOPLASM; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GALACTOSYLATION; GENE MUTATION; GOLGI COMPLEX; LETHALITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS;

EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; GENE TARGETING; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MUTAGENESIS; N-ACETYLLACTOSAMINE SYNTHASE;

EID: 0037137455     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(02)00392-6     Document Type: Review

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