The D-galactose-binding lectin of the octocoral Sinularia lochmodes: Characterization and possible relationship to the symbiotic dinoflagellates

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 227-236

  Jimbo, Mitsuru ^a   Yanohara, Taishi ^a   Koike, Kazuhiko ^a   Koike, Kanae ^a   Sakai, Ryuichi ^a   Muramoto, Koji ^b   Kamiya, Hisao ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemagglutinin; Lectin; Nematocyst; Octocoral; Sinularia lochmodes; Soft coral; srDNA; Symbiodinium; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HEMAGGLUTININ; LECTIN; MELIBIOSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOFLAGELLATE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HORSE; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RABBIT; SYMBIOSIS;

ALCYONACEA; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SINULARIA; SUIDAE; SYMBIODINIUM; SYMBIODINIUM SP.;

EID: 0034015805     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(99)00173-X     Document Type: Article

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