Lectin and alliinase are the predominant proteins in nectar from leek (Allium porrum L.) flowers

Planta

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 298-302

  Peumans, Willy J ^a   Smeets, Koen ^a   Van Nerum, Karel ^a   Van Leuven, Fred ^a   Van Damme, Els J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alliinase; Allium (nectar); Lectin; Nectar

Indexed keywords

ALLIIN LYASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; COLLECTIN; LECTIN; LYASE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PLANT LECTIN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GARLIC; HONEY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ALLIUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEES; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLLECTINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HONEY; LECTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLANT LECTINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030903904     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050070     Document Type: Article

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