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ReviewThe AAPS journal2006

Mutant glycosyltransferases assist in the development of a targeted drug delivery system and contrast agents for MRI.

Pradman K Qasba, Boopathy Ramakrishnan, Elizabeth Boeggeman

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Review in The AAPS journal, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pradman K QasbaStructural Glycobiology Section, Nanobiology Program, CCR, NCI-Frederick, Frederick, MD, USA. qasba@helix.nih.gov
Boopathy Ramakrishnan
Elizabeth Boeggeman
Science Applications International Corporation (United States) · USFrederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research · US

Funding

Intramural NIH HHSPHS HHS N01-C0-12400
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The availability of structural information on glycosyltransferases is beginning to make structure-based reengineering of these enzymes possible. Mutant glycosyltransferases have been generated that can transfer a sugar residue with a chemically reactive unique functional group to a sugar moiety of glycoproteins, glycolipids, and proteoglycans (glycoconjugates). The presence of modified sugar moiety on a glycoprotein makes it possible to link bioactive molecules via modified glycan chains, thereby assisting in the assembly of bionanoparticles that are useful for developing the targeted drug delivery system and contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging. The reengineered recombinant glycosyltransferases also make it possible to (1) remodel the oligosaccharide chains of glycoprotein drugs, and (2) synthesize oligosaccharides for vaccine development.

Indexed as

AnimalsContrast MediaDrug Delivery SystemsGenetic EngineeringGlycoconjugatesGlycosyltransferasesHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingContrast MediaGlycoconjugatesGlycosyltransferases

Identifiers

PMID16584127
PMCPMC2751439
OpenAlexW2057392751

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Registered trials

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