Purification and partial characterization of a 32-kilodalton sialic acid-specific lectin from Aspergillus fumigatus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 6891-6895

  Tronchin, Guy ^a   Esnault, Karine ^a   Sanchez, Myriam ^a   Larcher, Gerald ^a   Marot Leblond, Agnes ^b   Bouchara, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PROTEINASE; CARBOHYDRATE; GLYCOPROTEIN; LECTIN; LIQUID NITROGEN; SIALIC ACID;

ADHESION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONIDIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FUNGUS MUTANT; GEL FILTRATION; GRINDING; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RABBIT; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; GLYCOCONJUGATES; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; LECTINS; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; RABBITS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036893689     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.12.6891-6895.2002     Document Type: Article

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