B4GALNT2

{{Short description|Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens}}

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Beta-1,4 N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the B4GALNT2 gene.{{cite journal | vauthors = Dohi T, Yuyama Y, Natori Y, Smith PL, Lowe JB, Oshima M | title = Detection of N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase mRNA which determines expression of Sda blood group carbohydrate structure in human gastrointestinal mucosa and cancer | journal = International Journal of Cancer | volume = 67 | issue = 5 | pages = 626–31 | date = Sep 1996 | pmid = 8782649 | doi = 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960904)67:5<626::AID-IJC6>3.0.CO;2-W | doi-access = free }}{{cite journal | vauthors = Montiel MD, Krzewinski-Recchi MA, Delannoy P, Harduin-Lepers A | title = Molecular cloning, gene organization and expression of the human UDP-GalNAc:Neu5Acalpha2-3Galbeta-R beta1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase responsible for the biosynthesis of the blood group Sda/Cad antigen: evidence for an unusual extended cytoplasmic domain | journal = The Biochemical Journal | volume = 373 | issue = Pt 2 | pages = 369–79 | date = Jul 2003 | pmid = 12678917 | pmc = 1223490 | doi = 10.1042/BJ20021892 }}{{cite web | title = Entrez Gene: B4GALNT2 beta-1,4-N-acetyl-galactosaminyl transferase 2| url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=124872}}

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  • {{cite journal | vauthors = Berger EG | title = Ectopic localizations of Golgi glycosyltransferases | journal = Glycobiology | volume = 12 | issue = 2 | pages = 29R–36R | date = Feb 2002 | pmid = 11886838 | doi = 10.1093/glycob/12.2.29R | doi-access = free }}
  • {{cite journal | vauthors = Wang HR, Hsieh CY, Twu YC, Yu LC | title = Expression of the human Sd(a) beta-1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase II gene is dependent on the promoter methylation status | journal = Glycobiology | volume = 18 | issue = 1 | pages = 104–13 | date = Jan 2008 | pmid = 17965433 | doi = 10.1093/glycob/cwm120 | doi-access = free }}
  • {{cite journal | vauthors = Kawamura YI, Kawashima R, Fukunaga R, Hirai K, Toyama-Sorimachi N, Tokuhara M, Shimizu T, Dohi T | title = Introduction of Sd(a) carbohydrate antigen in gastrointestinal cancer cells eliminates selectin ligands and inhibits metastasis | journal = Cancer Research | volume = 65 | issue = 14 | pages = 6220–7 | date = Jul 2005 | pmid = 16024623 | doi = 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-0639 | doi-access = free }}
  • {{cite journal | vauthors = Lo Presti L, Cabuy E, Chiricolo M, Dall'Olio F | title = Molecular cloning of the human beta1,4 N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase responsible for the biosynthesis of the Sd(a) histo-blood group antigen: the sequence predicts a very long cytoplasmic domain | journal = Journal of Biochemistry | volume = 134 | issue = 5 | pages = 675–82 | date = Nov 2003 | pmid = 14688233 | doi = 10.1093/jb/mvg192 }}
  • {{cite journal | vauthors = Piller F, Blanchard D, Huet M, Cartron JP | title = Identification of a alpha-NeuAc-(2----3)-beta-D-galactopyranosyl N-acetyl-beta-D-galactosaminyltransferase in human kidney | journal = Carbohydrate Research | volume = 149 | issue = 1 | pages = 171–84 | date = Jun 1986 | pmid = 2425965 | doi = 10.1016/S0008-6215(00)90376-8 }}
  • {{cite journal | vauthors = Li PT, Liao CJ, Wu WG, Yu LC, Chu ST | title = Progesterone-regulated B4galnt2 expression is a requirement for embryo implantation in mice | journal = Fertility and Sterility | volume = 95 | issue = 7 | pages = 2404–9, 2409.e1–3 | date = Jun 2011 | pmid = 21481371 | doi = 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.03.043 | url = http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw/bitstream/246246/243373/-1/73.pdf }}

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