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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sharon, Nathan
Other Authors: Lis, H. (Halina), 1923-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Lectins.
Table of Contents:
  • History
  • Detection, occurence and isolation
  • Specificity and affinity
  • Methodology
  • Carbohydrate specificity
  • Role of oligosaccharide conformation
  • Effect of multivalency
  • Energetics of protein-carbohydrate interactions
  • Non-carbohydrate ligands
  • Leczymes
  • Molecular structure
  • Plant lectins
  • Animal lectins
  • Protozoan lectins
  • Bacterial lectins
  • Viral hemagglutinins
  • Combining sites
  • Lectin-carbohydrate bonds
  • Plant lectins
  • Animal lectins
  • Bacterial lectins
  • Viral hemagglutinins
  • Genetics, molecular biology and evolution
  • Applications
  • Methodology
  • Glycoconjugates in solution
  • Cell-bound carbohydrates
  • Mapping neuronal pathways
  • Cell separation
  • Mitogenic stimulation
  • Antiadhesion therapy
  • Clinical uses
  • Diagnosis and targeting
  • Other applications
  • Lectin cytotoxicity and lectin-resistant cells
  • Mechanism of action
  • Lectin-resistant mutants
  • Nutritional effects
  • Lectins in edible plants
  • Deleterious effects in the intestinal tract
  • Systemic effects
  • Functions
  • Theoretical considerations
  • Plant lectins
  • Animal lectins
  • Microbial lectins
  • Appendix A. Monosaccharide ligands of lectins
  • Appendix B. Oligosaccharide ligands of lectins