Lewis glyco-epitopes: Structure, biosynthesis, and functions

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 705, Issue , 2011, Pages 53-80

  Chen, Hui Li ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer metastasis; Cell biological behaviors; Lewis antigen

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; INTEGRIN; LEWIS ANTIGEN B; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; SIALYL LEWIS X ANTIGEN; SIALYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLYCOPROTEIN; SULFOTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; CELL ADHESION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GLYCOBIOLOGY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIALYLATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL MOTION; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EPITOPES; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; LEWIS BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULFOTRANSFERASES;

EID: 80054015504     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7877-6_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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