Accumulation of unusual gangliosides G Q3 and G P3 in breast cancer cells expressing the G D3 synthase

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 9559-9572

  Steenackers, Agata ^a   Vanbeselaere, Jorick ^a   Cazet, Aurélie ^a,c   Bobowski, Marie ^a   Rombouts, Yoann ^a,d   Colomb, Florent ^a   Le Bourhis, Xuefen ^b   Guérardel, Yann ^a   Delannoy, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

G D3 synthase; Gangliosides; MCF 7; Unusual gangliosides

Indexed keywords

ALPHA N ACETYLNEURAMINATE ALPHA 2,8 SIALYLTRANSFERASE; ALPHA-N-ACETYLNEURAMINATE ALPHA-2,8-SIALYLTRANSFERASE; GANGLIOSIDE; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; SIALYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BREAST TUMOR; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHYLATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GANGLIOSIDES; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; HUMANS; MCF-7 CELLS; METHYLATION; SIALYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 84865476020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules17089559     Document Type: Article

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