Cloning and expression of a Xenopus laevis oocyte lectin and characterization of its mRNA levels during early development

Glycobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 367-372

  Lee, Jin Kyu ^b   Buckhaults, Phillip ^b   Wilkes, Christopher ^b   Teilhet, Meredith ^b   King, Mary Lou ^a   Moremen, Kelley W ^b   Pierce, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate binding protein; Fertilization; Lectin; Morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; LECTIN; MELIBIOSE; MESSENGER RNA;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DNA DETERMINATION; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030895387     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/7.3.367     Document Type: Article

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