Plant as a plenteous reserve of lectin

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Ingale, A G ^a   Hivrale, A U ^a  

^a NORTH MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biological possessions; Glycoprotein; Lectins; Leguminous plant

Indexed keywords

LECTIN;

ANIMAL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANT;

AGGLUTINATION; ANIMALS; LECTINS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANTS;

EID: 84889566476     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.26595     Document Type: Review

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