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any of several plant glycoproteins that act like specific antibodies but are not antibodies in that they are not evoked by an antigenic stimulus
Ãâó: wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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A complex molecule that has both protein and sugars. Lectins are able to bind to the outside of a cell and cause biochemical changes in it. Lectins are made by both animals and plants.
Ãâó: www.stjude.org/glossary
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Any of a group of proteins, derived from plants, that can bind to specific oligosaccharides on the surface of cells, causing cells to clump together.
Ãâó: www.fao.org/docrep/003/X3910E/X3910E15.htm
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A protein that can bind to carbohydrates with high selectivity. For example, concanavalin A is a lectin with affinity for mannose residues in glycoproteins.
Ãâó: www.nature.com/nrm/journal/v6/n3/glossary/nrm1593_...
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A glycoprotein that binds sugars and agglutinates cells.
Ãâó: www.genpromag.com/Glossary~LETTER~L.html
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