Towards abolition of immunogenic structures in insect cells: Characterization of a honey-bee (Apis mellifera) multi-gene family reveals both an allergy-related core α1,3-fucosyltransferase and the first insect Lewis-histo-blood-group-related antigen-synthesizing enzyme

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 402, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-115

  Rendić, Dubravko ^a   Klaudiny, Jaroslav ^b   Stemmer, Ute ^a   Schmidt, Julia ^a   Paschinger, Katharina ^a   Wilson, Iain B H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Allergy; Anti (horseradish peroxidase); Fucosyltransferase (FucT); Honey bee (Apis mellifera); Lewis X; N glycan

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIES; ANTIGENS; BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; DNA; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE (FUCT); HONEY-BEE (APIS MELLIFERA); LEWIS X; N-GLYCAN;

CELLS;

ALPHA 1,3 FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; BEE VENOM; EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN; HYALURONIDASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2;

ALLERGY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HONEYBEE; IMMUNOGENICITY; INSECT CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEE VENOMS; BEES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INSECT PROTEINS; LEWIS BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPERATURE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 33846949412     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20060964     Document Type: Article

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