Novel mannose binding lectins from agricultural crops

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-146

  Davidson, Elaine ^a   Stewart, Derek ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affinity; Mannose binding lectin; Plant; Specificity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

CROP PRODUCTIVITY; CROP PROTECTION;

CROPS;

CROP; PROTEIN;

ANIMALIA; APIUM; APIUM GRAVEOLENS; APIUM GRAVEOLENS RAPACEUM; APIUM GRAVEOLENS VAR. DULCE; BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; LABRUS; LILIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 1242333319     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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