A mannose/glucose-specific lectin from Chinese evergreen chinkapin (Castanopsis chinensis)

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1780, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1017-1022

  Wong, Jack H ^a   Chan, H Y Edwin ^a   Ng, T B ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Castanopsis chinensis; Isolation; Lectin

Indexed keywords

CHINESE EVERGREEN CHINKAPIN LECTIN; GLUCOSE; LECTIN; MANNOSE; NITRIC OXIDE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CASTANOPSIS CHINENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ERYTHROCYTE; GEL FILTRATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MITOGENESIS; MOUSE; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BROMOSUCCINIMIDE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DROSOPHILA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FAGACEAE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES; MANNOSE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITOGENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT LECTINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

CASTANEA PUMILA; CASTANOPSIS CHINENSIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 47049100560     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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