Structural and functional characterization of the GalNAc/Gal-specific lectin from the phytopathogenic ascomycete Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 308, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 396-402

  Candy, Laure ^a   Van Damme, Els J M ^b   Peumans, Willy J ^b   Menu Bouaouiche, Laurence ^a   Erard, Monique ^c   Rougé, Pierre ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

Author keywords

Fungal lectin; GalNAc Gal specific lectin; Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GALACTOSAMINE; GALACTOSE; HYDROXYL GROUP; LACTOSE; LACTULOSE; MELIBIOSE; PLANT LECTIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PYRANOSIDE; RAFFINOSE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BETA SHEET; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FUNGAL SCLEROTIUM; LECTIN BINDING SITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ASCOMYCOTA; CIBORINIA; FUNGI; SCLEROTINIA; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; SCLEROTINIACEAE;

EID: 0043095363     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)01406-2     Document Type: Article

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