Gene expression of α1-6 fucosyltransferase in human hepatoma tissues: A possible implication for increased fucosylation of α-fetoprotein

Hepatology

Volumn 28, Issue 4 I, 1998, Pages 944-952

  Noda, Katsuhisa ^a,b   Miyoshi, Eiji ^a,b   Uozumi, Naofumi ^a   Yanagidani, Shusaku ^a   Ikeda, Yoshitaka ^a   Gao, Cong Xiao ^a   Suzuki, Kunio ^a   Yoshihara, Harumasa ^a   Yoshikawa, Masumi ^a   Kawano, Kiyoshi ^a   Hayashi, Norio ^b   Hori, Masatsugu ^b   Taniguchi, Naoyuki ^a,b  

^a OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOPROTEIN 6 ALPHA L FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOPROTEIN 6-ALPHA-L-FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUCOSYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SWINE; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; BILE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RAT; SECRETION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BILE; BRAIN; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELLS, CULTURED; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SWINE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 17344368046     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510280408     Document Type: Article

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