Purification and physicochemical characterization of two galactose-specific isolectins from the seeds of trichosanthes cordata

IUBMB Life

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 457-469

  Sultan, Nabil Ali Mohammed ^a,b   Kavitha, M ^a   Swamy, Musti J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Affinity chromatography; Agglutinin; Carbohydrate binding protein; Fluorescence quenching; Ion exchange chromatography; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; ISOLECTIN; LACTOSE; LECTIN; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLANT EXTRACT;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; DISULFIDE BOND; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; THERMOSTABILITY; TRICHOSANTHES; TRICHOSANTHES CORDATA; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM;

CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA; TRICHOSANTHES;

AGGLUTINATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLUORESCENCE; LACTOSE; LECTINS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS; TRICHOSANTHES;

EID: 67650345592     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.174     Document Type: Article

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