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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
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Neoglycoenzymes: a versatile tool for lectin detection in solid-phase assays and glycohistochemistry.
Review
1989
Review
1989
The interleukin 1 receptor.
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.
1978
1978
In vitro tumoricidal activity of macrophages against virus-transformed lines with temperature-dependent transformed phenotypic characteristics.
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Leishmania donovani: surface membrane carbohydrates of promastigotes.
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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