Functional and structural characterization of multiple galectins from the skin mucus of conger eel, Conger myriaster

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-45

  Muramoto, Koji ^a   Kagawa, Daiji ^a   Sato, Takashi ^a   Ogawa, Tomohisa ^a   Nishida, Yoshihiro ^b   Kamiya, Hisao ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Conger eel; Galectin; Hemagglutination; Skin mucus

Indexed keywords

GALECTIN; LACTOSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; EEL; HEMAGGLUTINATION; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0032973033     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(99)00037-1     Document Type: Article

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