Carbohydrate specificity of a toxic lectin, abrin A, from the seeds of Abrus precatorius (jequirity bean)

Life Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 2027-2038

  Wu, Albert M ^a   Wu, June H ^a   Herp, Anthony ^a   Chow, Lu Ping ^b   Lin, Jung Yaw ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abrin A; Carbohydrate specificity; Toxic lectin

Indexed keywords

ABRIN; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; GLYCOPROTEIN; LECTIN; LIGAND; MONOSACCHARIDE;

ABRUS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP B; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN BINDING;

ABRIN; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PLANT LECTINS; PROTEIN BINDING; ROSALES; SEEDS;

EID: 0035860308     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(01)01298-X     Document Type: Article

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