The leaves of green plants as well as a cyanobacterium, a red alga, and fungi contain insulin-like antigens

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 297-303

  Silva, L B ^a,b   Santos, S S S ^a,b   Azevedo, C R ^a,b   Cruz, M A L ^a,b   Venancio T M ^a,b   Cavalcante, C P ^a,b   Uchoa A F ^a,b   Astolfi Filho, S ^a,b   Oliveira, A E A ^a,b   Fernandes, K V S ^a,b   Xavier Filho, J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^c Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Algae; Antigens; Cyanobacteria; Evolution; Fungi; Insulin; Insulin like; Plants

Indexed keywords

INSULIN DERIVATIVE; INSULIN LIKE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BEAN; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COWPEA; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FERN; FRUIT; FUNGUS; GYMNOSPERM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOSS; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RED ALGA; SPIRULINA MAXIMA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALGAE; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BRYOPHYTA; CANAVALIA; CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS; CYANOBACTERIA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; EQUISETALES; FILICOPHYTA; FUNGI; GYMNOSPERMAE; LILIOPSIDA; LYCOPODIOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PSILOTOPHYTA; PSILOTUM; RHODOPHYTA; SPHENOPSIDA; SPIRULINA; SPIRULINA MAXIMA; VIGNA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 0036205464     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2002000300004     Document Type: Article

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