Homophilic binding properties of galectin-3: Involvement of the carbohydrate recognition domain

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 814-823

  Kuklinski, Stephan ^a   Probstmeier, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

C terminal domain; Galectin 3; Lectins; N terminal domain

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031890762     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.70020814.x     Document Type: Article

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