Purification and partial characterisation of the lectin from the marine red alga Enantiocladia duperreyi (C. Agardh) falkenberg

Botanica Marina

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 521-522

  Benevides, N M B ^a   Holanda, M L ^a   Melo, F R ^b   Freitas, A L P ^a   Sampaio, A H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ALPHA LACTOSE AGAROSE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; DIETHYLAMINOETHYL CELLULOSE; ERYTHROCYTE; FUCOSE; GALACTOSE; GEL FILTRATION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LECTIN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUCIN; PRECIPITATION; PURIFICATION; SDS POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT EXTRACT; RED ALGA;

ALGAE; ENANTIOCLADIA; ENANTIOCLADIA DUPERREYI; EUKARYOTA; RHODOPHYTA; SUIDAE;

EID: 0031707788     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/botm.1998.41.1-6.521     Document Type: Article

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