Purification and characterization of Microcystis aeruginosa (freshwater cyanobacterium) lectin

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 593-597

  Yamaguchi, Masato ^a   Jimbo, Mituru ^a   Sakai, Ryuichi ^a   Muramoto, Koji ^b   Kamiya, Hisao ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agglutinin; Blue green algae; Cyanobacteria; Hemagglutinin; Lectin; Microcystis aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

LECTIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HORSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RABBIT; SWINE;

EID: 0031879697     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(98)00033-9     Document Type: Article

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