Changes in the glycolipid composition and characteristic activation of GM3 synthase in the thymus of mouse after administration of dexamethasone

Glycoconjugate Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 119-126

  Iwamori, Masao ^a   Iwamori, Yuriko ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gangliosides; Glycolipids; GM3 synthase; RT PCR; Thymocytes

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; CYTIDINE PHOSPHATE N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; DEXAMETHASONE; FORSSMAN ANTIGEN; GANGLIOSIDE; GANGLIOSIDE GM1; GANGLIOSIDE GM3; GLOBOSIDE; GLYCOLIPID; SIALIDASE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DRUG ACCUMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RAT; STROMA CELL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GANGLIOSIDES; GLYCOLIPIDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEURAMINIDASE; ORGAN SIZE; SIALYLTRANSFERASES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 23844431674     PISSN: 02820080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10719-005-0363-9     Document Type: Article

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