Lectin-mediated drug targeting: Quantification of binding and internalization of Wheat germ agglutinin and Solanum tuberosum lectin using Caco-2 and HT-29 cells

Journal of Drug Targeting

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 95-104

  Wirth, Michael ^a   Hamilton, Gerhard ^a   Gabor, Franz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Caco 2; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; HT 29; Internalization; Solanum tuberosum lectin; Wheat germ agglutinin

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM LECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CELL STRAIN HT29; COLON; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG TARGETING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; INTERNALIZATION; INTESTINE CELL; LASER MICROSCOPY; LECTIN BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032424017     PISSN: 1061186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10611869808997885     Document Type: Article

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