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Plant Lectins

Known as: Lectins, Plant, Plant Lectins [Chemical/Ingredient] 
Protein or glycoprotein substances of plant origin that bind to sugar moieties in cell walls or membranes. Some carbohydrate-metabolizing proteins… 
National Institutes of Health

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Bauhinia purpurea lectinCrataBLCrocus vernus agglutininDD-CA9 protein, soybean
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Synthesis of Per-Glycosylated β-Cyclodextrins Having Enhanced Lectin Binding Affinity
A cyclomaltooligosaccharide containing seven α-(1→4)-d-glucopyranosyl units (β-cyclodextrins) was transformed into heptakis 6… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Comparative cross-linking activities of lactose-specific plant and animal lectins and a natural lactose-binding immunoglobulin G fraction from human serum with asialofetuin.
Plant and animal lectins bind and cross-link certain multiantennary oligosaccharides, glycopeptides, and glycoproteins. This can… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Lectin-like binding of pertussis toxin to a 165-kilodalton Chinese hamster ovary cell glycoprotein.
Review
1982
Review
1982
Cyclic nucleotides in mitogen-induced lymphocyte proliferation.
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Leishmania donovani: surface membrane carbohydrates of promastigotes.
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Interaction of plant lectins with purified human lymphocyte populations: binding characteristics and kinetics of proliferation.
With six purified plant lectins as probes of cell surface structure, human T, B, and Null lymphocytes have been examined for cell… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Immunologic functions of isolated human lymphocyte subpopulations. V. Isolation and functional analysis of a surface Ig negative, E rosette negative subset.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Evidence that mitogenic lectins induce changes in lymphocyte membrane fluidity
MITOGENIC plant lectins, such as phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) and concanavalin A (con A), are useful tools to study the control of… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Stimulation of glucose metabolism by lectins in isolated white fat cells.
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Insulin-like activity of concanavalin A and wheat germ agglutinin--direct interactions with insulin receptors.
Concanavalin A and wheat germ agglutinin are as effective as insulin in enhancing the rate of glucose transport and in inhibiting… 
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