Purification and characterization of a mucin specific mycelial lectin from Aspergillus gorakhpurensis: Application for mitogenic and antimicrobial activity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Singh, Ram Samp ^a   Kaur, Hemant Preet ^a   Singh, Jatinder ^b  

^a PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; LECTIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ION; METAL; MITOGENIC AGENT; MUCIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS GORAKHPURENSIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION STUDY; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MITOGENESIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; MTT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPLEEN CELL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THERMOSTABILITY; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; FUNGUS; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MYCELIUM; SPLEEN; TEMPERATURE;

ASPERGILLUS GORAKHPURENSIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; EDETIC ACID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FUNGI; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; LECTINS; MALE; METALS; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MITOGENS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUCINS; MYCELIUM; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SPLEEN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84907704294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109265     Document Type: Article

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