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Production and characterization of transgenic mice systemically expressing endo-beta-galactosidase C.
Glycobiology - 1 Jan 2008
Watanabe Satoshi, Misawa Masako, Matsuzaki Takashi, Sakurai Takayuki, Muramatsu Takashi, Yokomine Taka-Aki, Sato Masahiro
Abstract excerpt
The alphaGal epitope (Galalpha1-3Gal) is a sugar structure expressed on the cell surface of almost all organisms except humans and old-world-monkeys, which express natural anti-alphaGal antibodies. The presence of these antibodies elicits a hyper acute rejection (HAR) upon xenotransplantation of cellular materials, such as from pigs to human beings. Endo-beta-galactosidase C (EndoGalC), an enzyme isolated from...
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