Biosynthesis and expression of the Sda and sialyl Lewis x antigens in normal and cancer colon

Glycobiology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 688-697

  Malagolini, Nadia ^a   Santini, Donatella ^b   Chiricolo, Mariella ^a   Dall'Olio, Fabio ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Patologia Sperimentale   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Fucosyltransferases; N acetylgalactosaminyltransferase; Sdaantigen; Sialyl Lewis x antigen

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; BETA 1,4 N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE II; CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE III; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE VII; GLYCOPROTEIN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; SD A ANTIGEN; SIALYL LEWIS X ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBOHYDRATE; CD15 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANCER CELL; CANCER TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLYCOBIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CHEMISTRY; COLON TUMOR; CONFORMATION; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTIGENS, CD15; CACO-2 CELLS; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLON; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 34447345132     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwm040     Document Type: Article

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