Musa acuminata (Del Monte banana) lectin is a fructose-binding lectin with cytokine-inducing activity

Phytomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 594-600

  Cheung, Allen H K ^a   Wong, Jack H ^a   Ng, T B ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Banana; Cytokine inducing activity; Fructose binding lectin; Isolation; Musa acuminata

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DIETHYLAMINOETHYL CELLULOSE; FRUCTOSE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOSAMINE; GLUCOSE; GLYCINE; INTERLEUKIN 2; MUSA ACUMINATA LECTIN; PLANT LECTIN; RHAMNOSE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SEPHAROSE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BANANA; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL FILTRATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HEPATOMA CELL; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LECTIN BINDING; LEUKEMIA CELL; MITOGENESIS; MOUSE; MUSA ACUMINATA; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SPLEEN CELL;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CYTOKINES; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FRUCTOSE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LECTINS; MUSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; TEMPERATURE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MURINAE; MUSA; MUSA ACUMINATA;

EID: 67349223523     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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