Publication Date:
1984-03-23
Description:
Soluble lectins of cellular slime molds and vertebrates are present at extracellular sites in the developing or adult tissues that make them. Some lectins are concentrated around cell groups, as in extracellular matrix or elastic fibers. Others are at the interface between cells and the external environment, as in mucin or slime. Specific glycoproteins, proteoglycans, or polysaccharides that bind these endogenous lectins may also be present at these sites. Interactions between the lectins and glycoconjugates appear to play a role in shaping extracellular environments.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Barondes, S H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1984 Mar 23;223(4642):1259-64.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6367039" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Adhesiveness
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Animals
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Dictyostelium/physiology
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Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism
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Extracellular Matrix/metabolism
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Fungal Proteins/analysis/metabolism/*physiology
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Galactosides/metabolism
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Glycoproteins/metabolism
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Intestines/metabolism
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*Lectins/analysis
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Ligands
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Liver/metabolism
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Macromolecular Substances
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Muscles/metabolism
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Polysaccharides/metabolism
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Proteoglycans/metabolism
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*Protozoan Proteins
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Receptors, Mitogen/metabolism
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Solubility
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
