Insights into Animal and Plant Lectins with Antimicrobial Activities

Lectins are multivalent proteins with the ability to recognize and bind diverse carbohydrate structures. The glyco -binding and diverse molecular structures observed in these protein classes make them a large and heterogeneous group with a wide range of biological activities in microorganisms, anima...

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Main Authors: Renata de Oliveira Dias, Leandro dos Santos Machado, Ludovico Migliolo, Octavio Luiz Franco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-01-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/20/1/519