Reduction of the Gal-α1,3-Gal epitope of mouse endothelial cells by transfection with the N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III gene

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 368-376

  Chung, Tae Wook ^a   Kim, Kyoung Sook ^a   Kim, Cheorl Ho ^a  

^a Dongguk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Galactosyl Epitope; Glycosyltransferase; Mouse Endothelial Cell; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSYL EPITOPE; BETA DEXTRO MANNOSIDE BETA 1,4 N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE III; EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN; GRIFFONIA SIMPLICIFOLIA 1 ISOLECTIN; LECTIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA 1,4 MANNOSYL GLYCOPROTEIN BETA 1,4 N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; BETA-1,4-MANNOSYL-GLYCOPROTEIN BETA-1,4-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; DISACCHARIDE; GALACTOSYL (1 3)GALACTOSE; GALACTOSYL-(1-3)GALACTOSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; LECTIN BINDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SWINE; WESTERN BLOTTING; XENOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; GRIFFONIA SIMPLICIFOLIA; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMALS; DISACCHARIDES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EPITOPES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 1442307622     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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