Genetic interactions between drosophila sialyltransferase and b1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase-A genes indicate their involvement in the same pathway

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 653-656

  Nakamura, Michiko ^a   Pandey, Dheeraj ^a   Panin, Vladislav M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84883330182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.112.001974     Document Type: Article

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