Tissue-specific loss of fucosylated glycolipids in mice with targeted deletion of α(1,2)fucosyltransferase genes

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 380, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-81

  Iwamori, Masao ^a   Domino, Steven E ^b  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fucosyltransferase (FUT1 and FUT2); Gangliosides; Gastrointestinal system; Germ free mice; Glycolipids; Knockout mice

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ENZYMES; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GENES; LIPIDS; TISSUE;

INTESTINAL IMMUNE SYSTEM; REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

FUCOSE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOLIPID; ULEX EUROPAEUS AGGLUTININ;

ACINAR CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CECUM; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FUCOSYLATION; GENE DELETION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOCHEMISTRY; ILEUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; STOMACH ANTRUM; TESTIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TISSUE CULTURE; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FUCOSE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; G(M1) GANGLIOSIDE; GANGLIOSIDES; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; GERM-FREE LIFE; GLYCOLIPIDS; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ULEX; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 2642520426     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20031668     Document Type: Article

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