Lectin domains at the frontiers of plant defense [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2014 Plants are under constant attack from pathogens and herbivorous insects. To protect and defend themselves, plants evolved a multi-layered surveillance system, known as the innate immune system.
Nausicaä eLANNOO, Els JM VAN DAMME
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Lectins as Plant Defense Proteins [PDF]
Plant Physiology, 1995 Many plant species contain carbohydrate-binding proteins, which are commonly referred to as either lectins or agglutinins. Generally speaking, lectins are proteins that bind reversibly to specific monoor oligosaccharides. Since the initial discovery of a hemagglutinating factor in castor bean extracts by Stillmark in 1888, several hundred of these ...
W J, Peumans, E J, Van Damme
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Lectins, lectin genes, and their role in plant defense. [PDF]
The Plant Cell, 1991 Lectins are carbohydrate-binding proteins that bind gly? cans of glycoproteins, glycolipids, or polysaccharides with high affinity (Goldstein and Hayes, 1978). Because of their binding specificity, they have the capability to serve as recognition molecules within a cell, between cells, or be? tween organisms. It is assumed that lectins play fundamental
M J, Chrispeels, N V, Raikhel
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Overexpression of Nictaba-Like Lectin Genes from Glycine max Confers Tolerance towards Pseudomonas syringae Infection, Aphid Infestation and Salt Stress in Transgenic Arabidopsis Plants [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016 Plants have evolved a sophisticated immune system that allows them to recognize invading pathogens by specialized receptors. Carbohydrate-binding proteins or lectins are part of this immune system and especially the lectins that reside in the ...
Sofie Van Holle +2 more
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Promiscuity of the Euonymus Carbohydrate-Binding Domain [PDF]
Biomolecules, 2012 Plants synthesize small amounts of carbohydrate-binding proteins on exposure to stress. For example, on exposure to drought, high salt, wounding and by treatment with some plant hormones or by pathogen attack. In contrast to the ‘classical’ plant lectins
Els J.M. Van Damme, Elke Fouquaert
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Plant lectins, chemical and biological aspects [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1991 Lectins, carbohydrate-binding proteins of non-immune origin, that agglutinate cells or precipitate polysaccharides and glycoconjugates, are well distributed in nature, mainly in the Plant Kingdom.
Renato de Azevedo Moreira +3 more
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Plant lectins: A new antimicrobial frontier
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2022 Pathogenic bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, and other microbes constantly change to ensure survival. Several pathogens have adopted strict and intricate strategies to fight medical treatments. Many drugs, frequently prescribed to treat these pathogens, are becoming obsolete and ineffective.
Emadeldin Hassan E, Konozy +3 more
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Structure-function and application of plant lectins in disease biology and immunity. [PDF]
Food Chem Toxicol, 2019 Mishra A +10 more
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Leguminosae Lectins as Biological Tools in Medical Research: a Review
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2021 Lectins were discovered first in plants and later in other living things, and nowadays it is known that they are present in almost all many life forms.
Paula Perazzo de Souza Barbosa +3 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.
Bosbach, R. +3 more
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