UDP-Galactose 4′-epimerase activities toward UDP-Gal and UDP-GaLNAc play different roles in the development of Drosophila melanogaster

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Daenzer, Jennifer M I ^a   Sanders, Rebecca D ^a   Hang, Darwin ^a   Fridovich Keil, Judith L ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GALACTOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 4 EPIMERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE;

ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PLESIOMONAS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METAZOA; PLESIOMONAS SHIGELLOIDES; PROKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; PLESIOMONAS; UDPGLUCOSE 4-EPIMERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GALACTOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

EID: 84863647213     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002721     Document Type: Article

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