Chicken GRIFIN: A homodimeric member of the galectin network with canonical properties and a unique expression profile

Biochimie

Volumn 128-129, Issue , 2016, Pages 34-47

  García Caballero, Gabriel ^a   Kaltner, Herbert ^a   Michalak, Malwina ^b   Shilova, Nadezhda ^c   Yegres, Michelle ^d   André, Sabine ^a   Ludwig, Anna Kristin ^a   Manning, Joachim C ^a   Schmidt, Sebastian ^a   Schnölzer, Martina ^e   Bovin, Nicolai V ^c   Reusch, Dietmar ^d   Kopitz, Jürgen ^b   Gabius, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^d ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

^e GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fiber cells; In source decay; Lectin; Lens; Phylogenesis

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; ARGININE; BETA GALACTOSIDE; GALECTIN; GALECTIN RELATED INTER FIBER PROTEIN; HOMODIMER; LACTOSE; TETRASACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE; AVIAN PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; HUMAN; LENS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHICKENS; EYE PROTEINS; GALECTINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTOSE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84978062560     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2016.06.001     Document Type: Article

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