CMP-sialic acid synthetase: The point of constriction in the sialylation pathway

Topics in Current Chemistry

Volumn 366, Issue , 2013, Pages 139-168

  Sellmeier, Melanie ^a   Weinhold, Birgit ^a   Münster Kühnel, Anja ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

CMP sialic acid synthetase; N Acetyl neuraminic acid; Sialic acid; Sialoside

Indexed keywords

ACYLNEURAMINATE CYTIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; CYTIDINE PHOSPHATE N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; GLYCOCONJUGATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GOLGI COMPLEX; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTIDINE MONOPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GLYCOCONJUGATES; GOLGI APPARATUS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACYLNEURAMINATE CYTIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84906235669     PISSN: 03401022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/128_2013_477     Document Type: Article

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