Purification and characterization of the lectin from taro (colocasia esculenta) and its effect on mouse splenocyte proliferation in vitro and in vivo

Protein Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 92-99

  Pereira, Patrícia Ribeiro ^a   Del Aguila, Eduardo Mere ^a   Verícimo, Maurício Afonso ^b   Zingali, Russolina Benedeta ^a   Paschoalin, Vânia Margaret Flosi ^a   Silva, Joab Trajano ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Colocasia esculenta; MALDI TOFTOF analysis; Mitogenic and hemagglutinating activities; Purification; Tarin

Indexed keywords

CIBACRON BLUE F3GA; LECTIN; POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMAGGLUTINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MITOGENESIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLOCASIA; CRICETINAE; GLOBULINS; LECTINS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; PLANT PROTEINS; SPLEEN;

EID: 84898415204     PISSN: 15723887     EISSN: 18758355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10930-013-9541-y     Document Type: Article

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