Evidence for a family of schistosome glycan-binding lectins in Biomphalaria afexandrina

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 365-376

  Mansour, Mohamed H ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Biomphalaria alexandrina; Fucosyllactose determinant; Isolectins; Lectin subunits; N linked glycans; Oligomorphic gene family; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

GLYCAN; LECTIN;

ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOMPHALARIA; DEGLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLATION; MIRACIDIUM; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SCHISTOSOMA; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HEMOLYMPH; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LECTINS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029563059     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0145-305X(95)00022-L     Document Type: Article

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