Three monophyletic superfamilies account for the majority of the known glycosyltransferases.

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Published in Protein Sci on July 01, 2003

Authors

Jing Liu1, Arcady Mushegian

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1: Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 E. 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA.

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