title: On the carbohydrate binding specificity of lectins: the game is never over.
abstract: The physiological role of plant lectins still remains a mystery. Nevertheless the carbohydrate binding properties of these proteins are a source of great fascination and have been applied to the study of glycoconjugates on cell surfaces and in solution. These matters are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0606.
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D037102:Lectins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D037121:Plant Lectins; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants
chemical_list: D037102:Lectins; D037121:Plant Lectins; D010940:Plant Proteins