Amino acid sequence of the D-galactose binding lectin II from the sponge Axinella polypoides (Schmidt) and identification of the carbohydrate binding site in lectin II and related lectin I

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-160

  Buck, Fritz ^a   Schulze, Christian ^b   Breloer, Minka ^c   Strupat, K ^d   Bretting, Hagen ^c  

^a Inst F Zellbiochemie Klin N   (Germany)

^b Zentrum fur Molekulare Neurobiologie   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

(QxW)3 family; Amino acid sequence; Carbohydrate binding site; Galectin; Immunological epitope; Lectin; Sponge

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; EPITOPE; GALACTOSE; GALECTIN; LECTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPONGE;

AAPTOS; AXINELLA; AXINELLA POLYPOIDES; GEODIA CYDONIUM; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032414374     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(98)10083-4     Document Type: Article

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