Gene inactivation confirms the identity of enzymes involved in nematode phosphorylcholine-N-glycan synthesis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 88-91

  Houston, Katrina M ^a   Sutharsan, Ratneswary ^a   Steiger, Christina N ^b   Schachter, Harry ^c   Harnett, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Gene inactivation; N glycan; Phosphorylcholine

Indexed keywords

CHOLINEPHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE N GLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TECHNOLOGY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DIACYLGLYCEROL CHOLINEPHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; GENE SILENCING; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; POLYSACCHARIDES;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 36348973439     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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