A lichen lectin specifically binds to the α-1,4-polygalactoside moiety of urease located in the cell wall of homologous algae

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-27

  Sacristán, Mara ^a   Millanes, Ana María ^a   Legaz, María Estrella ^a   Vicente, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arginase; Cell wall; Evernia prunastri; Lectin ligand; Phycobiont; Urease

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049110270     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.1.1.2276     Document Type: Article

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