Integrating qualitative and quantitative tools for the detection and identification of lectins in major human diseases

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 954-962

  Ashraf, Ghulam Md ^a   Perveen, Asma ^b   Zaidi, Syed K ^a   Tabrez, Shams ^a   Shakil, Shazi ^a   Ahmad, Ausaf ^c   Haque, Rizwanul ^d   Ahsan, Jawaid ^d   Kamal, Mohammad A ^a,e   Banu, Naheed ^b,f  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BIHAR   (India)

^e Enzymoics   (Australia)

^f QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Detection; Diseases; Galectin; Identification; Lectin; Therapy

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTARALDEHYDE; LECTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GALECTIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DNA LIBRARY; DOUBLE ANTIBODY SANDWICH ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME MULTIPLIED LINKED LECTIN ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GLYCOBIOLOGY; HEMAGGLUTINATION ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POTENTIOMETRY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOASSAY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; NEOPLASMS;

BIOMARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; GALECTINS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 84947909841     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: 18755305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/0929866522666150803152913     Document Type: Article

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