Isolation of a novel legumin-like lectin with potent hemagglutinating activity from seeds of the Chinese chestnut Castanea mollisima

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 453-460

  Ng, T B ^a   Yu, Y L ^a   Chu, K T ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chestnut; Lectin; Legumin like; Seeds

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALKALI; AVENIN; GLUCOSE; LECTIN; MANNOSE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SEPHAROSE; LEGUMIN PROTEIN, PLANT; PLANT LECTIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CASTANEA MOLLISIMA; CHESTNUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL FILTRATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RABBIT; RAT;

CASTANEA; CASTANEA MOLLISIMA; CASTANEA MOLLISSIMA;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; MICE; PLANT LECTINS; PLANT PROTEINS; RABBITS; RATS; ROSALES; SEEDS;

EID: 0036837348     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(02)00169-2     Document Type: Article

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