A Novel Chemoattractant Lectin, Karatoxin, From the Dorsal Spines of the Small Scorpionfish Hypodytes rubripinnis

A Novel Chemoattractant Lectin, Karatoxin, From the Dorsal Spines of the Small Scorpionfish Hypodytes rubripinnis

A chemoattractant lectin from the dorsal spines of the redfin velvetfish, Hypodytes rubripinnis, was isolated using a combination of affinity chromatography techniques. The glycoprotein, with a molecular mass of 110 kDa, is named Karatoxin. Karatoxin caused agglutination of rabbit erythrocytes. This...

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Main Authors: Mitsuko Shinohara, Kuniko Nagasaka, Hideyuki Nakagawa, Kozue Edo, Hitomi Sakai, Koji Kato, Futoshi Iwaki, Kiyoshi Ohura, Haruhiko Sakuraba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861319309107

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