Galectin-1 from ovine placenta - Amino-acid sequence, physicochemical properties and implications in T-cell death

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 252, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 400-407

  Iglesias, M Mercedes ^a   Rabinovich, Gabriel A ^b   Ivanovic, Valeria ^a   Sotomayor, Claudia ^b   Wolfenstein Todel, Carlota ^a,c  

^a Instituto de Quimica y Fisicoquimica Biologicas Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

galactoside binding lectin; Amino acid sequence; Apoptosis; Galectin 1; Ovine placenta

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN; GALACTOSIDE; GALECTIN; LECTIN; TRYPSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATES; CATTLE; FEMALE; GALECTIN 1; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; LECTINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032521627     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2520400.x     Document Type: Article

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