Human STX Polysialyltransferase Forms the Embryonic Form of the Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule
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The polysialyltransferase ST8Sia II/STX: posttranslational processing and role of autopolysialylation in the polysialylation of neural cell adhesion molecule.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biological Chemistry
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0021-9258
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.11.7182