Cloning and expression of a mannose-binding jacalin-related lectin from leaves of Japanese cycad (Cycas revoluta Thunb.)

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2222-2229

  Haraguchi, Tomokazu ^a   Nomura, Keiichi ^b   Yagi, Fumio ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA; Cycas revoluta; Expression; Gymnosperm; Jacalin related lectin

Indexed keywords

CDNA; CYCAS REVOLUTA; GYMNOSPERM; JACALIN RELATED LECTIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; CARBOHYDRATES; CLONING; DNA SEQUENCES; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

PROTEINS;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; JACALIN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; PLANT LECTIN; PLANT RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CYCAS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT LEAF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCAS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT LECTINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CASTANEA CRENATA; CYCAS; CYCAS REVOLUTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GYMNOSPERMAE;

EID: 33749036841     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60156     Document Type: Article

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