Novel structures of plant lectins and their complexes with carbohydrates

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 572-577

  Bouckaert, Julie ^a   Hamelryck, Thomas ^a   Wyns, Lode ^a   Loris, Remy ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CARBOHYDRATE; JACALIN; LECTIN; PHYTOHORMONE; PLANT LECTIN;

BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LEGUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032872116     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(99)00007-X     Document Type: Review

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