Bioinformatics analyses of the mannose-binding lectins from Polygonatum cyrtonema, Ophiopogon japonicus and Liparis noversa with antiproliferative and apoptosis-inducing activities

Phytomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 601-608

  Liu, Bo ^a   Peng, Hao ^a   Yao, Qing ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Van Damme, Els ^b   Balzarini, Jan ^c   Bao, Jin ku ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antiproliferative activity; Apoptosis; Caspase; Liparis noversa; Monocot mannose binding lectins; Ophiopogon japonicus; Phylogenetic analysis; Polygonatum cyrtonema; Tertiary structure

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CASPASE; LIPARIS NOVERSA LECTIN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; OPHIOPOGON JAPONICUS LECTIN; POLYGONATUM CYRTONEMA LECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPARIS NOVERSA; MEDICINAL PLANT; OPHIOPOGON JAPONICUS; PHYLOGENY; POLYGONATUM; POLYGONATUM CYRTONEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPHIOPOGON; PHYLOGENY; POLYGONATUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

OPHIOPOGON JAPONICUS; POLYGONATUM CYRTONEMA;

EID: 67349118806     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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