Glycosyltransferases and transporters that contribute to proteoglycan synthesis in drosophila: Identification and functional analyses using the heritable and inducible RNAi system

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 480, Issue C, 2010, Pages 323-351

  Nishihara, Shoko ^a  

^a SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; DECAPENTAPLEGIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEPARAN SULFATE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; SUGAR NUCLEOTIDE; SULFOTRANSFERASE; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL FRACTIONATION; DROSOPHILA; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOGLYCAN SYNTHESIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ERINACEIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77956160589     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(10)80015-1     Document Type: Chapter

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