Plant lectins: A composite of several distinct families of structurally and evolutionary related proteins with diverse biological roles

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 575-692

  Van Damme, Els J M ^a   Peumans, Willy J ^a   Barre, Annick ^b   Rougé, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

Amaranthin; Concanavalin A; Cucurbitaceae phloem lectin; Defense; Galanthus nivalis agglutinin; Gene structure; Hevein; Jacalin; Processing; Storage; Type 2 RIP

Indexed keywords

AMARANTH; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE STRUCTURE; LECTIN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032422738     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-2689(98)00365-7     Document Type: Review

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