Screening for carbohydrate-binding proteins in extracts of Uruguayan plants

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 851-860

  Pla A ^a   Alonso, E ^a   Batista Viera, F ^a   Franco Fraguas, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Amylases; Asialofetuin Sepharose; Carbohydrate binding proteins; Lectins; Phanerogam families; Uruguayan plants; Galactosidases

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ASIALOFETUIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; DISACCHARIDE; LECTIN; MONOMER; MONOSACCHARIDE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SEPHAROSE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; HEMAGGLUTINATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SCREENING; URUGUAY;

CAYAPONIA; DATURA; DATURA FEROX; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SOLANUM; SOLANUM COMMERSONII; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0041591020     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2003000700005     Document Type: Article

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