Purification and characterization of a thermostable mycelial lectin from basidiomycete Lentinus squarrosulus

Biologia (Poland)

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1034-1040

  Singh, Ram S ^a   Kaur, Hemant P ^a   Kumar, Pradeep ^a   Kaur, Harpreet ^a  

^a PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

basidiomycetes; carbohydrate specificity; lectin; Lentinus squarrosulus; purification

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CAPRA HIRCUS; LENTINUS; LENTINUS SQUARROSULUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 84886932377     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-013-0273-4     Document Type: Article

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