Tick lectins: Structural and functional properties

Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Grubhoffer, Libor ^a,b   Kovar V ^a   Rudenko, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Agglutinin; Lectin; Protein carbohydrate interaction; Tick; Tick borne pathogens

Indexed keywords

GLYCOCONJUGATE; HEMAGGLUTININ; HEXOSAMINE; LECTIN; SIALIC ACID;

BINDING AFFINITY; DISEASE CARRIER; GENE ACTIVITY; HEMOLYMPH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEMOLYMPH; HUMANS; LECTINS; SALIVARY GLANDS; TICKS;

ACARI; FUNGI; IXODIDAE; ORNITHODOROS MOUBATA;

EID: 20344386959     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004004858     Document Type: Review

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