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Molecular behavior of mutant Lewis enzymes in vivo.
Glycobiology - 1 Apr 1999
Nishihara S, Hiraga T, Ikehara Y, Iwasaki H, Kudo T, Yazawa S, Morozumi K, Suda Y, Narimatsu H
Abstract excerpt
The expression of type-1 Lewis antigens on erythrocytes and in digestive organs is determined by a Lewis type alpha(1,3/1, 4)-fucosyltransferase (Lewis enzyme) encoded by the Fuc-TIII gene ( FUT3 gene; Lewis gene). We have classified the Lewis alleles in the Japanese population into four types, the wild-type allele ( Le ) and three mutated alleles, i.e., le1, which has missense mutations T59G and G508A, le2,...
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