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Biomolecules, 2020 Lectins have the ability to bind specific carbohydrates and they have potential applications as medical and pharmacological agents. The unique structure and usefulness of red algal lectin have been reported, but these lectins are limited to a few marine ...
Hyun-Ju Hwang +6 more
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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.
Marcio V Ramos +3 more
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The distribution of lectins across the phylum Nematoda : a genome-wide search [PDF]
, 2017 Nematodes are a very diverse phylum that has adapted to nearly every ecosystem. They have developed specialized lifestyles, dividing the phylum into free-living, animal, and plant parasitic species. Their sheer abundance in numbers and presence in nearly
Bauters, Lander +2 more
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Marine Drugs, 2019 To date, a number of mannose-specific lectins have been isolated and characterized from seaweeds, especially from red algae. In fact, man-specific seaweed lectins consist of different structural scaffolds harboring a single or a few carbohydrate-binding ...
Annick Barre +4 more
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Isolation and partial characterisation of a novel lectin from Aegle marmelos fruit and its effect on adherence and invasion of Shigellae to HT29 cells. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Lectins are a class of ubiquitous proteins/glycoproteins that are abundantly found in nature. Lectins have unique carbohydrate binding property and hence have been exploited as drugs against various infectious diseases.
Subramaniya Bharathi Raja +3 more
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Characterization of Cell Glycocalyx with Mass Spectrometry Methods. [PDF]
, 2019 The cell membrane plays an important role in protecting the cell from its extracellular environment. As such, extensive work has been devoted to studying its structure and function.
Lebrilla, Carlito B +3 more
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Structural determinants for activity and specificity of the bacterial toxin LlpA. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2013 Lectin-like bacteriotoxic proteins, identified in several plant-associated bacteria, are able to selectively kill closely related species, including several phytopathogens, such as Pseudomonas syringae and Xanthomonas species, but so far their mode of ...
Maarten G K Ghequire +5 more
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High mannose-specific lectin Msl mediates key interactions of the vaginal Lactobacillus plantarum isolate CMPG5300 [PDF]
, 2016 To characterize the interaction potential of the human vaginal isolate Lactobacillus plantarum CMPG5300, its genome was mined for genes encoding lectin-like proteins.
Balzarini, Jan +10 more
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Mannose-Binding Lectin in HIV Infection [PDF]
Future Virology, 2008 Infection with HIV represents a significant global health problem, with high infection rates and high mortality worldwide. Treatment with antiretroviral therapy is inaccessible to many patients and efficacy is limited by development of resistance and side effects.
Sarah, Eisen +2 more
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Biomolecules, 2021 Fluorescently labeled lectins are useful tools for in vivo and in vitro studies of the structure and function of tissues and various pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, and fungi.
Zorana Lopandić +5 more
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