Mucin biosynthesis: Molecular cloning and expression of mouse mucus-type core 2 β1,6 N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase

Glycobiology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 994-1006

  Hashimoto, Mitsuyoshi ^a,b   Tan, Shuhua ^b   Mori, Naoyoshi ^a   Cheng, Helen ^b   Cheng, Pi Wan ^b,c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

C2GnT M gene; C2GnT M gene expression; Mucin biosynthesis; Mucin glycan branch enzyme; Mucus cell IHC staining

Indexed keywords

2 BETA1,6 N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MUCIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; FLOW KINETICS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GOBLET CELL; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MUCUS GLAND; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCINS; MUCUS; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 34548781311     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwm068     Document Type: Article

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