Unlike mammalian GRIFIN, the zebrafish homologue (DrGRIFIN) represents a functional carbohydrate-binding galectin

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 371, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 350-355

  Ahmed, Hafiz ^a   Vasta, Gerardo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate recognition domain; Danio rerio; Galectin; GRIFIN; Lens crystallin; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CRYSTALLIN; GALECTIN; GALECTIN RELATED INTERFIBER PROTEIN; GALECTIN RELATED PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINE; LENS; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GALECTIN 1; GALECTINS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 43549108972     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.04.078     Document Type: Article

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