Galectins: A family of animal lectins that decipher glycocodes

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-8

  Kasai, Ken Ichi ^a   Hirabayashi, Jun ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal lectin; Caenorhabditis elegans; Galectin; Glycocode; N acetyllactosamine

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; GALACTOSIDE; GALECTIN; LECTIN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; INVERTEBRATE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; SPONGE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0030064027     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021192     Document Type: Review

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