Functions of galectins as 'self/non-self'-recognition and effector factors

Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Vasta, Gerardo R ^a   Feng, Chiguang ^a   González Montalbán, Nuria ^a   Mancini, Justin ^a   Yang, Lishi ^a,b   Abernathy, Kelsey ^a   Frost, Graeme ^a   Palm, Cheyenne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate recognition domain; Chimera; Function; Galectins; Glycans; Pattern recognition receptors; Proto type; galactoside; Structure; Tandem repeat

Indexed keywords

GALECTIN; GLYCAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; REDOX EFFECTOR FACTOR 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR;

ADIPOGENESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHICKEN; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECOGNITION; SHORT SURVEY; SHRIMP; TISSUE REGENERATION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE EVASION; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; GALECTINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNITY, INNATE; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC;

EID: 85028654168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2049632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femspd/ftx046     Document Type: Short Survey

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