Detection, purification by immunoaffinity chromatography and properties of β-1,3-glucan-specific lectins from the sera of several insect species

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 721-731

  Chen, Changlin ^a   Rowley, Andrew F ^a   Ratcliffe, Norman A ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cockroaches; Haemocytes; Immunity; Insect lectins

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; LAMINARAN; LECTIN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; INSECT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032191506     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(98)00069-1     Document Type: Article

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