A lectin from an ascomycete mushroom, Melastiza chateri: No synthesis of the lectin in mycelial isolate

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 686-689

  Ogawa, Shigeru ^a   Otta, Yumi ^a   Ando, Akikazu ^a   Nagata, Yoshiho ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascomycete mushroom; L fucose specific lectin; Melastiza chateri; Mycelial isolate

Indexed keywords

ALEURIA AURANTIA; ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; LECTIN; LECTIN, ALEURIA AURANTIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; LECTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0035293059     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.686     Document Type: Article

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