The two lectin domains of the tandem-repeat 32-kDa galectin of the nematode Caernorhabditis elegans have different binding properties. Studies with recombinant protein

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1002-1009

  Arata, Yoichiro ^a   Hirabayashi, Jun ^a   Kasai, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Frontal affinity chromatography; Galectin; Tandem repeat type galectin; galactoside binding lectin

Indexed keywords

ASIALOFETUIN; GALECTIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL FILTRATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LECTIN BINDING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030758114     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021686     Document Type: Article

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