Expression of natural human β1,4-GalT1 variants and of non-mammalian homologues in plants leads to differences in galactosylation of N-glycans

Transgenic Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 717-728

  Hesselink, Thamara ^a   Rouwendal, Gerard J A ^a,c   Henquet, Maurice G L ^a   Florack, Dion E A ^a,d   Helsper, Johannes P F G ^a   Bosch, Dirk ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SYNTHON BV   (Netherlands)

^d PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S A   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biopharmaceutical; MALDI TOF MS; N glycosylation; Non mammalian; Tobacco; 1,4 galactosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

BETA-D-GALACTOSIDE ALPHA 2-6-SIALYLTRANSFERASE; BETA1,4-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE, HUMAN; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; CHICKEN; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHARMACEUTICS; PLANT LEAF; PROCEDURES; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BIOPHARMACEUTICS; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYSACCHARIDES; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIALYLTRANSFERASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOBACCO; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84929128721     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: 15739368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-014-9806-z     Document Type: Article

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