Lectin from canavalia brasiliensis seeds (ConBr) is a valuable biotechnological tool to stimulate the growth of rhizobium tropici in vitro

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 5244-5254

  De Vasconcelos, Mayron Alves ^a   Cunha, Claudio Oliveira ^a   Sousa Arruda, Francisco Vassiliepe ^a   Carneiro, Victor Alves ^a   Mercante, Fabio Martins ^b   Do Nascimento Neto, Luiz Gonzaga ^a   De Sousa, Giselly Soares ^a   Matias Rocha, Bruno Anderson ^a   Teixeira, Edson Holanda ^a   Cavada, Benildo Sousa ^a   Dos Santos, Ricardo Pires ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canavalia brasiliensis; Canavalia ensiformis; Growth; Lectin; Nteraction; Rhizobium tropici

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYE; MANNOSE; PLANT LECTIN;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CANAVALIA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CANAVALIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYES; MANNOSE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT LECTINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI; SEEDS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84861525601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules17055244     Document Type: Article

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