Publication Date:
1989-10-13
Description:
Lectins on cell surfaces mediate cell-cell interactions by combining with complementary carbohydrates on apposing cells. They play a key role in the control of various normal and pathological processes in living organisms.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sharon, N -- Lis, H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Oct 13;246(4927):227-34.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2552581" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Bacterial Physiological Phenomena
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Cell Communication/*physiology
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Cell Differentiation
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Entamoeba histolytica/physiology
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Fabaceae/physiology
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Humans
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Lectins/*physiology
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Myxomycetes/physiology
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Orthomyxoviridae/physiology
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Plant Lectins
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Plants, Medicinal
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
