Purification, some properties of a D-galactose-binding leaf lectin from Erythrina indica and further characterization of seed lectin

Biochimie

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1035-1043

  Konozy, Emadeldin H E ^a   Mulay, Ranjana ^b   Faca, Vitor ^a   Ward, Richard John ^a   Greene, Lewis Joel ^a   Roque Barriera, Maria Cristina ^a   Sabharwal, Sushma ^c   Bhide, Shobhana V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b AHMEDNAGAR COLLEGE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

Characterization; Chemical modification; Erythrina indica; Lectin; Leguminasae; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

5,5' DITHIOBIS(2 NITROBENZOIC ACID); ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CYSTEINE; DIETHYL PYROCARBONATE; GALACTOSE; GALAPTIN; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; GLYCOPROTEIN; ISOLEUCINE; LACTOSE; LIGAND; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLGLYOXAL; PLANT LECTIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SERINE; SUGAR; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ACIDITY; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ALKALINITY; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP O; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ERYTHRINA; ERYTHRINA INDICA; ERYTHROCYTE; GEL FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CROSS REACTIONS; ERYTHRINA; FLUORESCENCE; GALACTOSE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT LECTINS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; TITRIMETRY;

ERYTHRINA VARIEGATA;

EID: 0036819375     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(02)00003-2     Document Type: Article

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