Membrane fractions from seedlings of four soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] lines were examined by radioimmunoassay and hemagglutination assay for the 120,000 dalton soybean lectin. Two of the lines (Sooty and T-102) are genotypically lele and lack buffer-soluble soybean lectin; the remaining two lines (Beeson and Harosoy 63) are Le and produce seeds that contain the lectin (Su et al. 1980 Bioch...

Many fungi are known to secrete lectins, but their functional roles are not clearly understood. Sclerotium rolfsii, a soilborne plant pathogenic fungus capable of forming fruiting bodies called sclerotial bodies, secrete a cell wall-associated Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen-specific lectin. To understand the functional role of this lectin, we examined its occurrence and expression during developm...

Introduction: the methanolic extracts and its different partitioning fractions of leaves of Clerodendrum indicum were evaluated for their anti-nociceptive, anti-diarrheal and in vitro antimicrobial activities. Methods: the anti-nociceptive activity was evaluated using the acetic acid-induced writhing test in mice; the anti-diarrheal activity was investigated by the effect of extracts on castor ...

An endogenous beta-galactoside-specific lectin has previously been isolated from rabbit bone marrow. The quantification of extracted lectin now indicates that approximately 75% of the lectin is intracellular in marrow. Indirect immunofluorescence studies show the extracellular lectin is associated with the erythroblast cell surface and is also found in some acellular areas of the marrow stroma....

Gold nanoparticles and gold nanoshells functionalised with a selection of carbohydrates: glyco-nanoparticles towards lectin detection in dipstick assay.

The isolation of lectins by affinity chromatography with crosslinked hemicelluloses has been a common practice because the variety glycosides that they present, improving different kinds lectins, such as galactose ligands.Lectins for carbohydrates is so specific simple configuration chiral carbon can affect affinity, and there are more related to alfa-galactosidic than beta-galactosidic residue...

An entomogenous taxon, associated with larvae of Phassus nodus (Hepialidae) collected from Xuefeng Mountains, Hunan Province, China, was found to be a new species, Ophiocordyceps xuefengensis sp. nov. It differs from similar species in having long stromata, without a sterile apex, narrow asci, long ascospores and by its occurrence on Phassus nodus in living root or trunk of Clerodendrum cyrtoph...

The purpose of this article is to report that some anti-A1 react at 37°C are IgG antibodies and clinically significant, as they can cause the destruction a proportion A1 cells in vivo following transfusion red blood cells. Therefore, when serum an individual contains anti-A1, further testing plasma against group A1, A2, O by referencing lectin (Dolichos biflorus lectin) must be performed. Confi...