Plant lectins - more than just tools for glycoscientists: occurrence, structure, and possible functions of plant lectins
Rüdiger, H.
Acta Anatomica 161(1-4): 130-152
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-5180 PMID: 9780355 Document Number: 489162
Plant lectins are easily available, fairly stable and suitable for many kinds of chemical modification. Thus, they have become important tools in glycosciences. In the present review, it is attempted to throw light upon aspects of lectinology that deal with their natural occurrence, biosynthesis, structure, binding specificities and hypotheses about their biological functions.
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