Lewis enzyme (α1-3/4 fucosyltransferase) polymorphisms do not explain the Lewis phenotype in the gastric mucosa of a Portuguese population

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 183-189

  Serpa, Jacinta ^a   Almeida, Raquel ^a   Oliveira, Carla ^a   Silva, Filipe Santos ^a   Silva, Elisabete ^a   Reis, Celso ^a   Le Pendu, Jacques ^c   Oliveira, Graça ^d   Ribeiro, Luis Manuel Cunha ^d   David, Leonor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE   (France)

^d HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fucosyltransferase; Helicobacter pylori; Lewis antigens; Lewis enzyme; Polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; ALPHA 1,4 FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; ENZYME; LEWIS ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSIDE 3(4) LEVO FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSIDE 3(4)-L-FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; CATALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PORTUGAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; STOMACH MUCOSA; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

FEMALE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEWIS BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PORTUGAL;

EID: 0037908695     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-003-0007-5     Document Type: Article

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