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A Lectin from Dioclea violacea Interacts with Midgut Surface of Lutzomyia migonei, Unlike Its Homologues, Cratylia floribunda Lectin and Canavalia gladiata Lectin [PDF]

The Scientific World Journal, 2014
Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease transmitted by phlebotomine sand fly. Susceptibility and refractoriness to Leishmania depend on the outcome of multiple interactions that take place within the sand fly gut.
Juliana Montezuma Barbosa Monteiro Tínel, Melina Fechine Costa Benevides, Mércia Sindeaux Frutuoso, Camila Farias Rocha, Francisco Vassiliepe Sousa Arruda, Mayron Alves Vasconcelos, Francisco Nascimento Pereira-Junior, João Batista Cajazeiras, Kyria Santiago do Nascimento, Jorge Luiz Martins, Edson Holanda Teixeira, Benildo Sousa Cavada, Ricardo Pires dos Santos, Margarida Maria Lima Pompeu   +13 more
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Effect of Lectins from Diocleinae Subtribe against Oral Streptococci [PDF]

Molecules, 2011
Surface colonization is an essential step in biofilm development. The ability of oral pathogens to adhere to tooth surfaces is directly linked with the presence of specific molecules at the bacterial surface that can interact with enamel acquired ...
Edson Holanda Teixeira, Kyria Santiago do Nascimento, Benildo CAVADA   +2 more
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Molecular Characterization and Tandem Mass Spectrometry of the Lectin Extracted from the Seeds of Dioclea sclerocarpa Ducke [PDF]

Molecules, 2011
Lectin from the seeds of Dioclea sclerocarpa (DSL) was purified in a single step by affinity chromatography on a Sephadex G-50 column. The primary sequence, as determined by tandem mass spectrometry, revealed a protein with 237 amino acids and 81% of ...
Kyria Santiago do Nascimento, Alexandre Holanda Sampaio, Benildo Sousa Cavada, Bruno Anderson Matias da Rocha, Celso Shiniti Nagano, Edson Holanda Teixeira, Wanius Garcia, Antônia Sâmia Fernandes do Nascimento, André Luiz Coelho da Silva, João Batista Cajazeiras, Jorge Luis Almeida Correia, Ronniery Ilario Pereira, Bruno Lopes de Sousa, Ana Cláudia Silva Gondim   +13 more
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Purification, Partial Characterization and Immobilization of a Mannose-Specific Lectin from Seeds of Dioclea lasiophylla Mart. [PDF]

Molecules, 2013
Lectin from the seeds of Dioclea lasiophylla (DlyL) was purified in a single step by affinity chromatography on a Sephadex® G-50 column. DlyL strongly agglutinated rabbit erythrocytes and was inhibited by monosaccharides (D-mannose and α-methyl-D ...
Celso Shiniti Nagano, Kyria Santiago do Nascimento, Alexandre Holanda Sampaio, Emilio de Castro Miguel, Thaiz Batista Azevedo Rangel Miguel, Antônia Sâmia Fernandes do Nascimento, Edson Holanda Teixeira, Mayron Alves de Vasconcelos, João Batista Cajazeiras, Francisco Nascimento Pereira-Júnior, Jorge Luis Almeida Correia, Vinícius José da Silva Osterne, Mayara Queiroz de Santiago, Vanir Reis Pinto-Júnior, Benildo Sousa Cavada   +14 more
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Toxicity and binding profile of lectins from the Genus canavalia on brine shrimp. [PDF]

Biomed Res Int, 2013
Lectins are sugar‐binding proteins widely distributed in nature with many biological functions. Although many lectins have a remarkable biotechnological potential, some of them can be cytotoxic. Thus, the aim of this study was to assess the toxicity of five lectins, purified from seeds of different species of Canavalia genus.
Arruda FV, Melo AA, Vasconcelos MA, Carneiro RF, Barroso-Neto IL, Silva SR, Pereira-Junior FN, Nagano CS, Nascimento KS, Teixeira EH, Saker-Sampaio S, Sousa Cavada B, Sampaio AH.   +12 more
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Effect of algae and plant lectins on planktonic growth and biofilm formation in clinically relevant bacteria and yeasts. [PDF]

Biomed Res Int, 2014
This study aimed to evaluate the abilities of plant and algae lectins to inhibit planktonic growth and biofilm formation in bacteria and yeasts. Initially, ten lectins were tested on Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella oxytoca, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, and C. tropicalis at concentrations of 31.25 to 250 μg/mL.
Vasconcelos MA, Arruda FV, Carneiro VA, Silva HC, Nascimento KS, Sampaio AH, Cavada B, Teixeira EH, Henriques M, Pereira MO.   +9 more
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Crystallization and Characterization of an Inflammatory Lectin Purified from the Seeds of Dioclea wilsonii [PDF]

Molecules, 2011
DwL, a lectin extracted from the seeds of Dioclea wilsonii, is a metalloprotein with strong agglutinating activity against rabbit and ABO erythrocytes, inhibited by glucose and mannose.
Ana Maria Sampaio Assreuy, Alana de Freitas Pires, Amanda Uliana de Carvalho, Raquel Guimarães Benevides, Rafael da Conceição Simões, Helton Colares da Silva, Maria Júlia Barbosa Bezerra, Antonia Samia Fernandes do Nascimento, Kyria Santiago do Nascimento, Celso Shiniti Nagano, Alexandre Holanda Sampaio, Plínio Delatorre, Bruno Anderson Matias da Rocha, Patricia Machado Bueno Fernandes, Benildo Sousa Cavada, Thaiz Batista Azevedo Rangel   +15 more
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Structural studies of an anti-inflammatory lectin from Canavalia boliviana seeds in complex with dimannosides. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Plant lectins, especially those purified from species of the Leguminosae family, represent the best-studied group of carbohydrate-binding proteins.
Gustavo Arruda Bezerra, Roland Viertlmayr, Tales Rocha Moura, Plínio Delatorre, Bruno Anderson Matias Rocha, Kyria Santiago do Nascimento, Jozi Godoy Figueiredo, Ingrid Gonçalves Bezerra, Cicero Silvano Teixeira, Rafael Conceição Simões, Celso Shiniti Nagano, Nylane Maria Nunes de Alencar, Karl Gruber, Benildo Sousa Cavada   +13 more
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In vivo lymphocyte activation and apoptosis by lectins of the Diocleinae subtribe

Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2001
This paper reports the overall effects of three lectins, extracted from Canavalia brasiliensis, Dioclea violacea, and D. grandiflora, on BALB/c mice popliteal draining lymph nodes.
Grangeiro Tb, Arruda S, Benildo CAVADA   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Interaction of Diocleinae Lectins with Glycoproteins Based in Surface Plasmon Resonance

Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2002
Interaction of glucose/mannose-binding lectins in solution with immobilized glycoproteins was followed in real time using surface plasmon resonance technology.
Benildo CAVADA, Marcio Ramos, Pierre Rouge   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources