New affinity procedure for the isolation and further characterization of the blood group B specific lectin from the red marine alga Ptilota plumosa

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 489-495

  Sampaio, Alexandre H ^a   Rogers, David J ^b   Barwell, Clive J ^b   Saker Sampaio, Silvana ^a   Nascimento, Kyria S ^a   Nagano, Celso S ^a   Farias, Wladimir R L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affinity chromatography; Agglutinin; Lectin; Ptilota lectins; Ptilota plumosa; Red marine alga; Sugar inhibition

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BLOOD;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; PTILOTA; PTILOTA FILICINA; PTILOTA PLUMOSA; PTILOTA SERRATA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0036930587     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022327010736     Document Type: Article

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