Structural Basis for the Tumor Cell Apoptosis-Inducing Activity of an Antitumor Lectin from the Edible Mushroom Agrocybe aegerita

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 387, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 694-705

  Yang, Na ^a   Li, De Feng ^a   Feng, Lei ^a,b   Xiang, Ye ^a   Liu, Wei ^c   Sun, Hui ^d   Wang, Da Cheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AAL; antitumor; apoptosis inducing activity; carbohydrate recognition domain; galectin

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; LECTIN;

AGROCYBE AEGERITA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; EDIBLE MUSHROOM; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AGROCYBE AEGERITA; BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 62149132164     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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