Novel rhamnose-binding lectins from the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1177-1191

  Gasparini, Fabio ^a   Franchi, Nicola ^a   Spolaore, Barbara ^a   Ballarin, Loriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ascidians; Botryllus schlosseri; Rhamnose binding lectins; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; LECTIN; PROTEINASE; RHAMNOSE BINDING LECTIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA MICROARRAY; LECTIN BINDING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BOTRYLLUS; BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI; DEUTEROSTOMIA; PROTOSTOMIA;

EID: 46549085553     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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