Gene Review:
rib-1 - Protein RIB-1
Caenorhabditis elegans
- rib-2, a Caenorhabditis elegans homolog of the human tumor suppressor EXT genes encodes a novel alpha1,4-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase involved in the biosynthetic initiation and elongation of heparan sulfate. Kitagawa, H., Egusa, N., Tamura, J.I., Kusche-Gullberg, M., Lindahl, U., Sugahara, K. J. Biol. Chem. (2001)