PLANT-LECTINS - MORE THAN JUST TOOLS FOR GLYCOSCIENTISTS - OCCURRENCE, STRUCTURE, AND POSSIBLE FUNCTIONS OF PLANT-LECTINS

Authors
RUDIGER H
Citation
H. Rudiger, PLANT-LECTINS - MORE THAN JUST TOOLS FOR GLYCOSCIENTISTS - OCCURRENCE, STRUCTURE, AND POSSIBLE FUNCTIONS OF PLANT-LECTINS, Acta anatomica, 161(1-4), 1998, pp. 130-152
Citations number
391
Categorie Soggetti
Anatomy & Morphology
Journal title
Acta anatomica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015180
Volume
161
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
130 - 152
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5180(1998)161:1-4<130:P-MTJT>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Plant lectins are easily available, fairly stable and suitable for man y kinds of chemical modification. Thus, they have become important too ls in glycosciences. In the present review, it is attempted to throw l ight upon aspects of lectinology that deal with their natural occurren ce, biosynthesis, structure, binding specificities and hypotheses abou t their biological functions.