Crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies of a galactose-specific lectin from the seeds of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia)

Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1037-1040

  Chandran, Thyageshwar ^a   Sharma, Alok ^a   Vijayan, M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

bitter gourd; galactose specific lectins; Momordica charantia; ribosome inactivating proteins

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; LECTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; PLANT SEED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GALACTOSE; LECTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

MOMORDICA CHARANTIA;

EID: 77956538443     PISSN: 17443091     EISSN: 17443091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1107/S174430911002659X     Document Type: Article

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