The role of hexosamine biosynthesis and signaling in early development

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 843, Issue , 2015, Pages 53-76

  Pantaleon, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early development; Embryo metabolism; Embryo viability; Embryonic programming; Gene regulation; Glucose signaling; Hexosamine biosynthesis; Hexosamine signaling; Nutrient sensing; O linked glycosylation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; GLUCOSE; HEXOSAMINE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEXOSAMINE SIGNALING PATHWAY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATION; HEXOSAMINES; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84929146685     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: 22148019     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2480-6_3     Document Type: Article

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