… lectin isolated from V. villosa. The objective of this work was to purify and characterize the
lectins from these nine Vicia … villosa in order to determine whether these lectins may also be of …

… villosa VVL-A4, however, is a mannose/glucose-specific lectin that is best inhibited by a-methyl-mannoside
and by glycoprotein thyroglobulin, fetuin and transferrin [72]. …

… functional characteristics of legume lectins along with their potential areas of application. …
type, thus mannose/glucose binding lectins have a great interest as insectstatic and insecticidal …

… -specific lectins (Table 1) were easily purified using a single affinity chromatography step.
Mannose-specific lectins … Moreover, some mannose-specific lectins from red algae specifically …

… domains the folding of one particular loop determines the specificity, ranging from
mannose/glucose-binding to Gal/GalNAc, fucose or sialic acid binding [12,13,14, 19, 61]. In addition, …

… these, lectins stand out as they are well-characterized proteins that bind to glycans in a
highly specific and reversible way. Thus, lectins may be able to recognize specific cell types …

… Algal lectins are grouped into three major … binding properties: complex type N-glycan specific
lectins, high mannose type N-glycan specific lectins, and both above type N-glycan specific …

… In 1907, Landsteiner and Raubischek showed that extracts from Phaseolus vulgaris, Pisum
sativum, Lens culinaris, and Vicia sativa presented variable agglutination capacities against …

… functional characteristics of legume lectins along with their potential areas of application. …
type, thus mannose/glucose binding lectins have a great interest as insectstatic and insecticidal …

… of two leguminous plants, Phaseolus limensis and Vicia cracca, agglutinated blood type A
… Concanavalin A (ConA), a standard legume lectin with the mannose/glucose-binding affinity…