"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.
| Descriptor ID |
D005647
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.400.450.300
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fucosyltransferases" by people in Profiles.
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Genome-wide association study in 8,956 German individuals identifies influence of ABO histo-blood groups on gut microbiome. Nat Genet. 2021 02; 53(2):147-155.
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Pathogenicity of POFUT1 in Dowling-Degos disease: additional mutations and clinical overlap with reticulate acropigmentation of kitamura. J Invest Dermatol. 2015 Feb; 135(2):615-618.
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