Diversity in lectins enables immune recognition and differentiation of wide spectrum of pathogens

International Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1671-1680

  Zhu, Yong ^a,b   Ng, Patricia M L ^a   Wang, Lihui ^a,c   Ho, Bow ^a   Ding, Jeak Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOLECTIN 5; CARCINOLECTIN 5A; CARCINOLECTIN 5B; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LECTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIGAND BINDING; LIMULUS; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN VARIANT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORSESHOE CRABS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; KLUYVEROMYCES; LECTINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, PATTERN RECOGNITION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33845354737     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: 14602377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxl101     Document Type: Article

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