A novel chemoattractant lectin, karatoxin, from the dorsal spines of the small scorpionfish Hypodytes rubripinnis

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 414-417

  Shinohara, Mitsuko ^a   Nagasaka, Kuniko ^b   Nakagawa, Hideyuki ^a,c   Edo, Kozue ^c   Sakai, Hitomi ^c   Kato, Koji ^a   Iwaki, Futoshi ^a   Ohura, Kiyoshi ^a   Sakuraba, Haruhiko ^d  

^a OSAKA DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fukae Nagasaka Clinic   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^d KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemoattractant lectin; Hypodytes rubrinnis; Karatoxin

Indexed keywords

KARATOXIN; LECTIN; MANNOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGGLUTINATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FISH; GUINEA PIG; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MITOGENESIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RABBIT; REDFIN VELVETFISH; SPINE; SPLEEN CELL;

EID: 77956213737     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.10058SC     Document Type: Article

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