Molecular and biochemical characterization of galectin from amphioxus: Primitive galectin of chordates participated in the infection processes

Glycobiology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 774-783

  Yu, Yanhong ^a   Yuan, Shaochun ^a   Yu, Yingcai ^a   Huang, Huiqing ^a   Feng, Kaixia ^a   Pan, Minming ^a   Huang, Shengfeng ^a   Dong, Meiling ^a   Chen, Shangwu ^a   Xu, Anlong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Evolution; Galectin; Infection

Indexed keywords

BRANCHIOSTOMA BELCHERI TSINGTAUENSE GALECTIN L; BRANCHIOSTOMA BELCHERI TSINGTAUENSE GALECTIN S; GALECTIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHORDATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GILL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION; INTESTINE; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEOMICS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATES; CHORDATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GALECTINS; LACTOSE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRANCHIOSTOMA BELCHERI; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA;

EID: 34447295924     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwm044     Document Type: Article

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