A Lectin from Leaves of Neoregelia flandria Recognizes D-Glucose, D-Mannose and N-Acetyl D-glucosamine, Differing from the Mannose-Specific Lectins of Other Monocotyledonous Plants

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1007-1012

  Yagi, Fumio ^a   Hidaka, Makiko ^a   Minami, Yuji ^a   Tadera, Kenjiro ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bromeliaceae; Leaf; Lectin; Monocotyledon; Neoregelia flandria

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LECTIN; MANNOSE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PLANT LECTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT LEAF; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLUCOSE; LECTINS; MANNOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT LECTINS; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BROMELIACEAE; LILIOPSIDA; NEOREGELIA; NEOREGELIA FLANDRIA;

EID: 0030267210     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029031     Document Type: Article

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