Identification of seven new α2,3-sialyltransferase III, ST3Gal III, transcripts from human foetal brain

Glycoconjugate Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 493-500

  Grahn, Ammi ^a   Barkhordar, Giti Shah ^a   Larson, Göran ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Capillary electrophoresis; Sialyltransferase; ST3Gal III; Transcripts

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2,3 SIALYLTRANSFERASE III; ISOENZYME; SIALYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA GALACTOSIDE ALPHA 2,3 SIALYLTRANSFERASE; BETA-GALACTOSIDE ALPHA-2,3-SIALYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SPLICING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EXON; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE CELL; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BRAIN; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; SIALYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 16644369935     PISSN: 02820080     EISSN: 15734986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GLYC.0000038295.87747.0b     Document Type: Article

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