Differential affinities of Erythrina cristagalli lectin (ECL) toward monosaccharides and polyvalent mammalian structural units

Glycoconjugate Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 591-604

  Wu, Albert M ^a   Wu, June H ^a   Tsai, Ming Sung ^a   Yang, Zhangung ^a   Sharon, Nathan ^b   Herp, Anthony ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate specificities; ECL; Glycoprotein binding; Lectins; Polyvalency

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; GLYCOPEPTIDE; GLYCOPROTEIN; LIGAND; MONOSACCHARIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PLANT LECTIN; SUGAR; TRISACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; ERYTHRINA; ERYTHRINA CRISTAGALLI; IMMUNOASSAY; LECTIN BINDING; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHRINA; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; LECTINS; LIGANDS; OVARIAN CYSTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI; MAMMALIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 35648991980     PISSN: 02820080     EISSN: 15734986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10719-007-9063-y     Document Type: Article

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