Glycosyltransferases and oligosaccharyltransferases in Archaea: Putative components of the N-glycosylation pathway in the third domain of life

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 300, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 122-130

  Magidovich, Hilla ^a   Eichler, Jerry ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Archaea; Glycosyltransferase; N glycosylation; Oligosaccharyltransferase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; OLIGOSACCHARYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; ENZYME GLYCOSYLATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 70349689931     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01775.x     Document Type: Article

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