Identification, purification and properties of a β-1,3-glucan-specific lectin from the serum of the cockroach, Blaberus discoidalis which is implicated in immune defence reactions

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 309-319

  Chen, Changlin ^a   Rowley, Andrew F ^a   Newton, Russell P ^a   Ratcliffe, Norman A ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cockroach Blaberus discoidalis; Haemocytes; Hexamerin; Insect immunity; Laminarin; Lectin; Prophenoloxidase; 1,3 glucan binding

Indexed keywords

LECTIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PURIFICATION; GEL FILTRATION; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOASSAY; INSECT; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

BLABERUS DISCOIDALIS; BLATTARIA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032963670     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(99)00020-6     Document Type: Article

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