Polysialyltransferases: Major players in polysialic acid synthesis on the neural cell adhesion molecule

Biochimie

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 195-206

  Angata, Kiyohiko ^a   Fukuda, Minoru ^a  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Neural cell adhesion; Neural plasticity; Polysialic acid; 2,8 Sialyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2,8 SIALYLTRANSFERASE; ALPHA 2,8 SIALYLTRANSFERASE II; ALPHA 2,8 SIALYLTRANSFERASE IV; GLYCAN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; POLYSIALIC ACID; POLYSIALYLTRANSFERASE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; REVIEW; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038175079     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(03)00051-8     Document Type: Review

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