Identification of a family of four UDP-polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyl transferases in Cryptosporidium species

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-27

  Bhat, Najma ^a   Wojczyk, Boguslaw S ^c   Decicco, Maria ^a,b   Castrodad, Carlos ^d   Spitalnik, Steven L ^c   Ward, Honorine D ^a,b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO AT CAYEY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Mucin; Mucin like glycoprotein; N acetylgalactosaminyl transferase; O glycosylation; UDP GalNAc:polypeptide

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; UDP POLYPEPTIDE N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME GLYCOSYLATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENOME; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPOROZOITE;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; MUCIN; MUCIN-LIKE GLYCOPROTEIN; O-GLYCOSYLATION; UDP GALNAC:POLYPEPTIDE N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYL TRANSFERASE;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84883619244     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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