The genus Artocarpus (Moraceae) comprises about 50 species of evergreen and deciduous
trees. Economically, the genus is of appreciable importance as a source of edible fruit, yield …

Advances in the glycobiology and immunology fields have provided many insights into the
role of carbohydrate-protein interactions in the immune system. We aim to present a …

Parasporal crystals produced by Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) bacteria are the main virulence
factors underlying Bt toxicity to insects. Parasporal crystals are composed primarily of Cry …

This is the second edition of our little red book Lectins published in 1989. In the intervening
years well over 10,000 articles have appeared with lectins as the main subject, and more …

Binding of the insecticidalBacillus thuringiensisCry1Ac toxin to the putative receptor
aminopeptidase N is specifically inhibited byN-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc), suggesting …

Mannose-specific lectins are widely distributed in higher plants and are believed to play a
role in recognition of high-mannose type glycans of foreign micro-organisms or plant …

To date, a number of mannose-binding lectins have been isolated and characterized from
plants and fungi. These proteins are composed of different structural scaffold structures …

A novel plant lectin was isolated from salt-stressed rice (Oryzasativa L.) plants and partially
characterized. The lectin occurs as a natural mixture of two closely related isoforms …

Evidence is presented that the specificity of jacalin, the seed lectin from jack fruit (Artocarpus
integrifolia), is not directed exclusively against the T-antigen disaccharide Galβ1, 3GalNAc …

The majority of plant lectins can be classified in seven families of structurally and lutionary
related proteins. Within a given lectin family most but not necessarily all mbers are built up of …