... of the malignant phenotype.Synthesis and expression of sLea is a relevant issue per se,as it is the epitope of the CA19.9 antigen, sometimes found tobe elevated in the serum of patients with ... low expression of b3Gal-T5 transcript as in the parental cellline (Fig. 2A). This indicates that antisense-mediatedmechanism of gene suppression does not involve transcriptsynthesis in this ... authors wish to thank N. Hiraiwa (Aichi Cancer Center, Nagoya,Japan) for the gift of pEFneo vector, Prof. R. Tenni (Department of Biochemistry, University of Pavia) for the help with radioisotopefacilities,...