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On the carbohydrate binding specificity of lectins: the game is never over
1Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0606.
Indian Journal of Biochemistry & Biophysics
|December 1, 1990
Abstract:
The physiological role of plant lectins still remains a mystery. Nevertheless the carbohydrate binding properties of these proteins are a source of great fascination and have been applied to the study of glycoconjugates on cell surfaces and in solution. These matters are discussed.