| purification and characterization of a mucin specific mycelial lectin from aspergillus gorakhpurensis: application for mitogenic and antimicrobial activity. | lectins are carbohydrate binding proteins or glycoproteins that bind reversibly to specific carbohydrates present on the apposing cells, which are responsible for their ability to agglutinate red blood cells, lymphocytes, fibroblasts, etc. interest in lectins has been intensified due to their carbohydrate specificity as they can be valuable reagents for the investigation of cell surface sugars, purification and characterization of glycoproteins. the present study reports the purification, charac ... | 2014 | 25286160 |
| modulation of immunocyte functions by a mucin-specific lectin from aspergillus gorakhpurensis. | lectins are non-immune proteins or glycoproteins with the ability to induce cell agglutination and mediate cellular and molecular recognition processes in a variety of biological interactions. recently, several mushroom lectins have been reported to show immunomodulatory activities. the immunomodulatory potential of purified a. gorakhpurensis lectin was determined by evaluating its effect on systemic anaphylaxis reaction, arthus reaction, respiratory burst activity, nitric oxide production and l ... | 2017 | 28315765 |