Carbohydrate-lectin interactions in infectious disease

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 408, Issue , 1996, Pages 1-8

  Sharon, Nathan ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; LECTIN;

BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL INTERACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; VIRUS ADSORPTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 0029777431     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0415-9_1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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