Occurrence of highly yielded lectins homologous within the genus Eucheuma

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-156

  Kawakubo, Akihiro ^a,d   Makino, Hiroyuki ^a,d   Ohnishi, Jun Ichi ^a,e   Hirohara, Hideo ^b   Hori, Kanji ^c  

^a Marine Greens Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Yamaki Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate binding specificity; Eucheuma amakusaensis; Eucheuma cottonii; Hemagglutinin; Isolectins; Kappaphycus alvarezii; Lectin; Mitogenic activity; N terminal amino acid sequence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; EXTRACTION; GEL FILTRATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; LECTIN; MITOGENESIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRECIPITATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

EUCHEUMA; EUCHEUMA AMAKUSAENSIS; EUCHEUMA COTTONII; EUCHEUMA SERRA;

EID: 0032766570     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008062127564     Document Type: Article

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