Isolation and characterization of a lectin with exclusive specificity towards mannose from snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) bulbs
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Biosynthesis of the Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) Lectin in Ripening Ovaries.
The biosynthesis and processing of the Galanthus nivalis agglutinin were studied in vivo in ripening snowdrop ovaries. Using labeling and pulse chase labeling experiments it could be demonstrated that the snowdrop lectin is synthesized as a precursor of relative molecular weight (M(r)) 15,000 which is posttranslationally converted into the authentic lectin polypeptide of M(r) 13,000 with a half...
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عنوان ژورنال: FEBS Letters
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0014-5793
DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(87)80129-1