Purification and physicochemical characterization of a cotyledonary lectin from Luetzelburgia auriculata

Phytochemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 301-310

  Oliveira, José T A ^a   Melo, Vânia M M ^a   Câmara, Maria F L ^a   Vasconcelos, Ilka M ^a   Beltramini, Leila M ^b   Machado, Olga L T ^c   Gomes, Valdirene M ^c   Pereira, Silvano P ^a   Fernandes, Cléberson F ^a   Nunes, Edson P ^a   Capistrano, Gina G G ^a   Monteiro Moreira, Ana C O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Characterization; Lectin; Leguminoseae; Luetzelburgia auriculata; Purification

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; AGGLUTININ; AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; GALACTOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCOPROTEIN; HYDROXYAMINO ACID; LACTOSE; LECTIN; LUETZELBURGIA AURICULATA EXTRACT; MELIBIOSE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPEPTIDE; RAFFINOSE; SEPHADEX; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COTYLEDON; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HEAT; HEMAGGLUTINATION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGUME; LUETZELBURGIA AURICULATA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RABBIT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; CARBOHYDRATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FABACEAE; HEAT; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LECTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

CAPRA HIRCUS; LUETZELBURGIA AURICULATA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0036796069     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00239-X     Document Type: Article

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