A novel α1,2-fucosyltransferase (CE2FT-2) in Caenorhabditis elegans generates H-type 3 glycan structures

Glycobiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 290-302

  Zheng, Qinlong ^a,b   Van die, Irma ^c   Cummings, Richard D ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Fucosylation; Fucosyltransferase; Gene; Green fluorescent protein

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,2 FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE 2; BETA GALACTOSIDE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CE2FT 2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CE2FT-2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYSACCHARIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME METABOLISM; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 41549161932     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwn007     Document Type: Article

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