Development and applications of lectins as biological tools in biomedical research

X Dan, W Liu, TB Ng - Medicinal research reviews, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
As a new and burgeoning area following genomics and proteomics, glycomics has become
a hot issue due to its pivotal roles in many physiological and pathological processes …

Cyanobacterial lectins characteristics and their role as antiviral agents

RS Singh, AK Walia, JS Khattar, DP Singh… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Lectins are ubiquitous proteins/glycoproteins of non-immune origin that bind reversibly to
carbohydrates in non-covalent and highly specific manner. These lectin-glycan interactions …

[HTML][HTML] Lectins as mitosis stimulating factors: Briefly reviewed

EVMM Carvalho, WF Oliveira, LCBB Coelho… - Life sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Lectins are carbohydrate binding proteins that can stimulate cell proliferation. This property
makes these biomolecules capable of being used as mitogen reagents to study the …

Protozoa lectins and their role in host–pathogen interactions

RS Singh, AK Walia, JR Kanwar - Biotechnology Advances, 2016 - Elsevier
Lectins are proteins/glycoproteins of non-immune origin that agglutinate red blood cells,
lymphocytes, fibroblasts, etc., and bind reversibly to carbohydrates present on the apposing …

A virulence-related lectin traffics into eisosome and contributes to functionality of cytomembrane and cell-wall in the insect-pathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana

YJ Peng, JL Ding, HY Lin, MG Feng, SH Ying - Fungal Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Lectins are characterized of the carbohydrate-binding ability and play comprehensive roles
in fungal physiology (eg, defense response, development and host–pathogen interaction) …

Structural aspects and biomedical applications of microfungal lectins

RS Singh, AK Walia, JF Kennedy - International journal of biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lectins are unique biorecognition molecules that identify cell surface carbohydrates/
glycoproteins and play significant role in various interactions. They are ubiquitous glycan …

Purification and characterization of a mitogenic lectin from Penicillium duclauxii

RS Singh, AK Walia, JF Kennedy - International journal of biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Lectins are proteins/glycoproteins of non-immune origin which interact specifically and non-
covalently with carbohydrate moieties on the cell surface. In this study, a lectin was purified …

Isolation, Purification, and Characterization of a Lectin from the Fungus Fusarium solani 4

RS Mukhammadiev, RS Mukhammadiev… - Applied biochemistry …, 2021 - Springer
Electrophoretically homogeneous lectin with a specific activity of 100.0 U/mg protein was
isolated and purified from the fungal mycelium of Fusarium solani 4. The molecular weight of …

A detection and quantification label-free tool to speed up downstream processing of model mucins

SB Carvalho, AS Moreira, J Gomes, MJT Carrondo… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Mucins are high-molecular weight glycoproteins (0.25–20 MDa) containing one or more
domains that are heavily O-glycosylated. Their implications as targets for cancer treatment …

Purification and characterization of a mycelial mucin specific lectin from Aspergillus panamensis with potent mitogenic and antibacterial activity

RS Singh, HP Kaur, J Singh - Process Biochemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
A lectin was isolated from Aspergillus panamensis mycelia using single-step affinity
chromatography on porcine stomach mucin coupled Sepharose 4B. A purification fold of …