Purification of galectin-3 from ovine placenta: Developmentally regulated expression and immunological relevance

Glycobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-65

  Iglesias, M Mercedes ^a   Rabinovich, Gabriel A ^b   Ambrosio, Andrea L ^a   Castagna, Leonardo F ^b   Sotomayor, Claudia E ^b   Wolfenstein Todel, Carlota ^a  

^a Instituto de Quimica y Fisicoquimica Biologicas Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

galactoside binding; Animal lectin; Galectin 3; Lectin; Mitogenic activity; Ovine placenta

Indexed keywords

GALECTIN 3; LECTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SHEEP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CONCANAVALIN A; FEMALE; GALECTIN 3; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0031887491     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/8.1.59     Document Type: Article

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