Cloning and sequencing of three C-type lectins from body surface mucus of the land slug, Incilaria fruhstorferi

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 479-484

  Yuasa, Hajime Julie ^a   Furuta, Emiko ^b   Nakamura, Akio ^c   Takagi, Takashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C type lectin; cDNA sequence; Incilaria fruhstorferi; Incilarin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INCILARIN; INCILARIN A; INCILARIN B; INCILARIN C; LECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; DNA SEQUENCE; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

INCILARIA FRUHSTORFERI;

EID: 0031927574     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(98)00008-X     Document Type: Article

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