Activity and tissue distribution of splice variants of α6-fucosyltransferase in human embryogenesis

Glycobiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-25

  Martinez Duncker, Ivan ^a   Michalski, Jean Claude ^b   Bauvy, Chantal ^a   Candelier, Jean Jacques ^a   Mennesson, Benoît ^c   Codogno, Patrice ^a   Oriol, Rafael ^a   Mollicone, Rosella ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier de Pontoise   (France)

Author keywords

6 fucosyltransferase; Alternative splicing; FUT8 isoforms; Genomic organization; Human embryo

Indexed keywords

ALPHA6 FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FUCOSE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCAN; MESSENGER RNA; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EXONS; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; KINETICS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0742306897     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwh006     Document Type: Article

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