Structure-function and application of plant lectins in disease biology and immunity
Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2019 Lectins are proteins with a high degree of stereospecificity to recognize various sugar structures and form reversible linkages upon interaction with glyco-conjugate complexes.
Abtar Mishra +10 more
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The Third Dimension of Reading the Sugar Code by Lectins [PDF]
, 2013 Coding of biological information is not confined to nucleic acids and proteins. Endowed with the highest level of structural versatility among biomolecules, the glycan chains of cellular glycoconjugates are well-suited to generate molecular messages ...
Murphy, Paul +7 more
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Research Progress in the Allergenicity of Kidney Bean Lectins [PDF]
Shipin Kexue, 2023 Kidney beans are one of the most important economic legumes in China, and are cultivated extensively worldwide for their high nutritional value. However, food safety incidents caused by improper or inadequate cooking of kidney beans have occurred from ...
GAO Kuan, HE Shudong
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PROTEOMICS – Clinical Applications, 2009 AbstractLectin microarray is a new technology that utilizes a panel of lectins immobilized on well‐defined substrate for high‐throughout analysis of glycans and glycoproteins. In this article, we have reviewed the fabrication and detection schemes in lectin microarray and discussed its novel applications in glycomics. We have also demonstrated a lectin
Shen, Hu, David T, Wong
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Functional Diversity of Novel Lectins with Unique Structural Features in Marine Animals
Cells, 2023 Due to their remarkable structural diversity, glycans play important roles as recognition molecules on cell surfaces of living organisms. Carbohydrates exist in numerous isomeric forms and can adopt diverse structures through various branching patterns ...
Tomomitsu Hatakeyama, Hideaki Unno
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Toward Enhanced Antibiotic Efficacy: Exploring the Synergistic Potential of Marine-Derived Lectins Against Human Pathogenic Bacteria [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de CiênciasThis study aimed to assess the combined antibacterial effect of lectins and antibiotics on S. aureus ATCC 25923, multidrug-resistant E. coli ATCC 11303 and S. aureus ATCC 700698.
RÔMULO F. CARNEIRO +9 more
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Evidence for a "wattle and daub" model of the cyst wall of entamoeba. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2009 The cyst wall of Entamoeba invadens (Ei), a model for the human pathogen Entamoeba histolytica, is composed of fibrils of chitin and three chitin-binding lectins called Jacob, Jessie3, and chitinase.
Anirban Chatterjee +6 more
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Detection of inflammation- and neoplasia-associated alterations in human large intestine using plant/invertebrate lectins, galectin-1 and neoglycoproteins [PDF]
, 1998 Commonly, plant and invertebrate lectins are accepted glycohistochemical tools for the analysis of normal and altered structures of glycans in histology and pathology.
Korabiowska, M. +3 more
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Jurnal Kedokteran Hewan, 2016 The objective of this study was to identify the type of specific glycoconjugates and its distribution in testicular spermatogenic cells in muntjak (Muntiacus muntjak muntjak) based on lectins histochemistry.
Sri Wahyuni +9 more
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Prognostic significance of endogenous adhesion/growth-regulatory lectins in lung cancer [PDF]
, 2005 Objective: To determine the expression of endogenous adhesion/growth-regulatory lectins and their binding sites using labeled tissue lectins as well as the binding profile of hyaluronic acid as an approach to define new prognostic markers.
Szöke, Tamas +9 more
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