Expression of rat β(1,4)-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III in Nicotiana tabacum remodels the plant-specific N-glycosylation

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-48

  Frey, Alexander D ^a   Karg, Saskia R ^a   Kallio, Pauli T ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

(1,3) fucose; (1,2) xylose; (1,4) N acetylglucosaminyltransferase III; Glycoengineering; Localization; Plant N linked glycosylation

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,4 MANNOSYL GLYCOPROTEIN BETA 1,4 N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; BETA-1,4-MANNOSYL-GLYCOPROTEIN BETA-1,4-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; FUCOSE; MANNOSIDASE; MANNOSYL OLIGOSACCHARIDE 1,3 1,6 ALPHA MANNOSIDASE; MANNOSYL-OLIGOSACCHARIDE 1,3 - 1,6-ALPHA-MANNOSIDASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; XYLOSE;

ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; RAT; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; FUCOSE; GENETIC VECTORS; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; MANNOSIDASES; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYSACCHARIDES; RATS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; XYLOSE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAMMALIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RATTUS;

EID: 57649129498     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2008.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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