Molecular cloning and characterization of an α1,3 fucosyltransferase, CEFT-1, frm Caenorhabditis elegans

Glycobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 905-917

  DeBose Boyd, Russell A ^a   Nyame, A Kwame ^a   Cummings, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; CEFT 1; Molecular cloning; 1,3 fucosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FUCOSYLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; VERMES;

EID: 3543040594     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/8.9.905     Document Type: Article

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