Biochemical and genomic analysis of neoculin compared to monocot mannose-binding lectins

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 5338-5344

  Shimizu Ibuka, Akiko ^a,b   Nakai, Yuji ^a   Nakamori, Keisuke ^c   Morita, Yuji ^a   Nakajima, Ken Ichiro ^a   Kadota, Koji ^a   Watanabe, Hirohito ^c   Okubo, Satoshi ^d   Terada, Tohru ^a   Asakura, Tomiko ^a   Misaka, Takumi ^a   Abe, Keiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^c MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NIPPON SHINYAKU CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA microarray; Lectin; Neoculin; Sweetener

Indexed keywords

MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; NEOCULIN PROTEIN, CURCULIGO LATIFOLIA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 47849121689     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf800214b     Document Type: Article

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