Conservation of the ST6Gal i gene and its expression in the mammary gland

Glycobiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 467-481

  Maksimovic, Jovana ^a,b   Sharp, Julie A ^c   Nicholas, Kevin R ^c   Cocks, Benjamin G ^b   Savin, Keith ^b  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b Biosciences Research Division   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

mammary gland; milk; sialic acid; sialyltransferase; ST6Gal

Indexed keywords

SIALYLTRANSFERASE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; COW; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLAND; MILK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; LIVER; LYMPH NODES; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SIALYLTRANSFERASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79952563327     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwq185     Document Type: Article

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