Introduction to galectins

Glycoconjugate Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 7-9, 2002, Pages 433-440

  Leffler, Hakon ^a   Carlsson, Susanne ^a   Hedlund, Maria ^a   Qian, Yuning ^a   Poirier, Francoise ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Galectin; Lectin; Non classical secretion

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; GALECTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATION; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GALECTINS; HUMANS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 1542313842     PISSN: 02820080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GLYC.0000014072.34840.04     Document Type: Review

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