title: Transfection of a human gene that corrects the Lec1 glycosylation defect: evidence for transfer of the structural gene for N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I.
abstract: Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) glycosylation mutants provide an approach to cloning mammalian glycosyltransferases by transfection and gene rescue. In this paper, complementation of the lec1 CHO mutation by human DNA is described. Lec1 transfectants expressed human N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I (GlcNAc-TI) activity and possessed common human DNA fragments. Cloning of GlcNAc-TI should therefore be possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stanley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002455:Cell Division; D002460:Cell Line; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005796:Genes; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D005964:Glucosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D017351:N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases; D010053:Ovary; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D005964:Glucosyltransferases; D017351:N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases; C024850:alpha-1,3-mannosyl-glycoprotein beta-1,2-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I