Purification and partial biochemical characterization of an S-type lectin from blastula embryos of Bufo arenarum

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-182

  Elola, Maria T ^a   Fink, Nilda E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

amphibia; Bufo arenarum; crossreactivity; embryo; galectins; ovary; S type lectins; toad

Indexed keywords

LECTIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; EMBRYO; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TOAD;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO ARENARUM;

EID: 0029906113     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(96)00079-X     Document Type: Article

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