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- Mariya Tsankova Tsaneva (UGent) and Els Van Damme (UGent)
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- Lectins are proteins with diverse molecular structures that share the ability to recognize and bind specifically and reversibly to carbohydrate structures without changing the carbohydrate moiety. The history of lectins started with the discovery of ricin about 130 years ago but since then our understanding of lectins has dramatically changed. Over the years the research focus was shifted from 'the characterization of carbohydrate-binding proteins' to 'understanding the biological function of lectins'. Nowadays plant lectins attract a lot of attention especially because of their potential for crop improvement and biomedical research, as well as their application as tools in glycobiology. The present review aims to give an overview of plant lectins and their applications, and how the field evolved in the last decades.
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- Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Lectin, Plant protection, Biomedical application, Protein-carbohydrate interaction, Glycobiology, PROTEIN-CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTIONS, FRONTAL AFFINITY-CHROMATOGRAPHY, MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN, C-TYPE LECTINS, AMARANTHUS-CAUDATUS, STRUCTURAL BASIS, AGARICUS-BISPORUS, DEFENSE PROTEINS, RECEPTOR KINASES, CONCANAVALIN-A
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8696012
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- Tsaneva, Mariya Tsankova, and Els Van Damme. “130 Years of Plant Lectin Research.” GLYCOCONJUGATE JOURNAL, vol. 37, no. 5, 2020, pp. 533–51, doi:10.1007/s10719-020-09942-y.
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- Tsaneva, M. T., & Van Damme, E. (2020). 130 years of plant lectin research. GLYCOCONJUGATE JOURNAL, 37(5), 533–551. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10719-020-09942-y
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- Tsaneva, Mariya Tsankova, and Els Van Damme. 2020. “130 Years of Plant Lectin Research.” GLYCOCONJUGATE JOURNAL 37 (5): 533–51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10719-020-09942-y.
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- Tsaneva, Mariya Tsankova, and Els Van Damme. 2020. “130 Years of Plant Lectin Research.” GLYCOCONJUGATE JOURNAL 37 (5): 533–551. doi:10.1007/s10719-020-09942-y.
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- 1.Tsaneva MT, Van Damme E. 130 years of plant lectin research. GLYCOCONJUGATE JOURNAL. 2020;37(5):533–51.
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- [1]M. T. Tsaneva and E. Van Damme, “130 years of plant lectin research,” GLYCOCONJUGATE JOURNAL, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 533–551, 2020.
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