Galectins: An evolutionarily conserved family of animal lectins with multifunctional properties; A trip from the gene to clinical therapy

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 711-721

  Rabinovich, Gabriel Adrián ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Apoptosis; Embryogenesis; Galectins; Immunomodulation; Metastasis; Splicing

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; GALECTIN; GLYCOCONJUGATE; LECTIN;

ALLERGIC REACTION; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL ADHESION; CELL GROWTH; CLINICAL MEDICINE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERAPY;

EID: 0032852619     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400535     Document Type: Review

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