| Title |
Lectins: production and practical applications
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, October 2010
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00253-010-2892-9 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sze Kwan Lam, Tzi Bun Ng |
| Abstract |
Lectins are proteins found in a diversity of organisms. They possess the ability to agglutinate erythrocytes with known carbohydrate specificity since they have at least one non-catalytic domain that binds reversibly to specific monosaccharides or oligosaccharides. This articles aims to review the production and practical applications of lectins. Lectins are isolated from their natural sources by chromatographic procedures or produced by recombinant DNA technology. The yields of animal lectins are usually low compared with the yields of plant lectins such as legume lectins. Lectins manifest a diversity of activities including antitumor, immunomodulatory, antifungal, HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitory, and anti-insect activities, which may find practical applications. A small number of lectins demonstrate antibacterial and anti-nematode activities. |
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| Hungary | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| Mexico | 2 | <1% |
| Lesotho | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Croatia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 523 | 98% |
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| Student > Master | 88 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 82 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 79 | 15% |
| Researcher | 56 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 22 | 4% |
| Other | 76 | 14% |
| Unknown | 131 | 25% |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 147 | 28% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 108 | 20% |
| Chemistry | 29 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 4% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 14 | 3% |
| Other | 68 | 13% |
| Unknown | 148 | 28% |
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