Purification of 3 monomeric monocot mannose-binding lectins and their evaluation for antipoxviral activity: Potential applications in multiple viral diseases caused by enveloped viruses

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 88-95

  Kaur, Amandeep ^a   Kamboj, Sukhdev Singh ^a   Singh, Jatinder ^a   Singh, Rajinder ^b   Abrahams, Melissa ^b   Kotwal, Girish J ^b   Saxena, A K ^c  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

Antipoxviral; Lectin; Monocot; Monomeric

Indexed keywords

BIOGEL; LECTINS; STORAGE TISSUES;

DISEASES; ENZYME INHIBITION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR MASS; TISSUE;

VIRUSES;

ALPHA METHYLGLUCOSIDE; GLYCOPROTEIN; MANNOSE; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; OLIGOMANNOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLORIOSA SUPERBA; NONHUMAN; PLANT; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; ZEPHYRANTHES CANDIDA; ZEPHYRANTHES CARINATA;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; GLYCOSYLATION; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; LILIACEAE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTINS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LECTINS; POXVIRIDAE; RABBITS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AMARYLLIDACEAE; CAVIA; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; GLORIOSA SUPERBA; LILIACEAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; POXVIRIDAE; ZEPHYRANTHES; ZEPHYRANTHES CANDIDA; ZEPHYRANTHES CARINATA;

EID: 34249940731     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/O06-185     Document Type: Article

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