 Fucosyltransferases
"Fucosyltransferases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Enzymes catalyzing the transfer of fucose from a nucleoside diphosphate fucose to an acceptor molecule which is frequently another carbohydrate, a glycoprotein, or a glycolipid molecule. Elevated activity of some fucosyltransferases in human serum may serve as an indicator of malignancy. The class includes EC 2.4.1.65; EC 2.4.1.68; EC 2.4.1.69; EC 2.4.1.89.
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D005647
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.400.450.300
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| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fucosyltransferases" by people in Profiles.
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Payne DC, Currier RL, Staat MA, Sahni LC, Selvarangan R, Halasa NB, Englund JA, Weinberg GA, Boom JA, Szilagyi PG, Klein EJ, Chappell J, Harrison CJ, Davidson BS, Mijatovic-Rustempasic S, Moffatt MD, McNeal M, Wikswo M, Bowen MD, Morrow AL, Parashar UD. Epidemiologic Association Between FUT2 Secretor Status and Severe Rotavirus Gastroenteritis in Children in the United States. JAMA Pediatr. 2015 Nov; 169(11):1040-5.
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Currier RL, Payne DC, Staat MA, Selvarangan R, Shirley SH, Halasa N, Boom JA, Englund JA, Szilagyi PG, Harrison CJ, Klein EJ, Weinberg GA, Wikswo ME, Parashar U, Vinj? J, Morrow AL. Innate Susceptibility to Norovirus Infections Influenced by FUT2 Genotype in a United States Pediatric Population. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Jun 01; 60(11):1631-8.
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