Molecular cloning and characterization of a mannose-binding lectin gene from Pinellia cordata

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 641-647

  Lin, Ling ^a   Lu, Jie ^a   Zeng, Hainian ^b   Liang, Zhifeng ^a   Zhou, Yin ^a   Lin, Juan ^a   Sun, Xiaofen ^a   Tang, Kexuan ^a,c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mannose binding lectin; Pinellia cordata; Pinellia cordata agglutinin (PCL); RACE

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; PINELLIA CORDATA AGGLUTININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PINELLIA; PINELLIA CORDATA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; PINELLIA; PLANT LECTINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PINELLIA CORDATA;

EID: 57349158066     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-007-9134-y     Document Type: Article

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