Presence of Vicia graminea lectin- and Vicia unijuga lectinbinding (Vgu) glycoproteins in human fetal membranes and some of their biochemical properties

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 609-622

  Ohyama, Kunio ^a   Iwamoto, Nobuko ^a   Bessho, Toshio ^b   Watanabe, Hajime ^c   Hirakawa, Shun ^c   Yamakawa, Toshio ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Yoneyama Maternity Hospital   (Japan)

^c TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti N lectin; Human fetal membrane; Tumor associated antigen; Vgu glycoproteins; Vicia unijuga

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; LECTIN; TUMOR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VGU GLYCOPROTEIN; VICIA GRAMINEA LECTIN; VICIA UNIJUGA LECTIN;

AMNION; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CHORION; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MECONIUM; PLANT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AMNION; ANTIGENS, TUMOR-ASSOCIATED, CARBOHYDRATE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHORION; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; LECTINS; PLANT LECTINS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

VICIA GRAMINEA; VICIA UNIJUGA;

EID: 0031865801     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(98)00010-7     Document Type: Article

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