Lectins as plant defense proteins.

WJ Peumans, EJ Van Damme - Plant physiology, 1995 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… the study of plant lectins in … defensive role of plant lectins and, in addition, discuss earlier
work in this field against the background of our present knowledge of this group of plant proteins

Plant lectins as defense proteins against phytophagous insects

G Vandenborre, G Smagghe, EJM Van Damme - Phytochemistry, 2011 - Elsevier
… on the role of plant lectins in the defense response and their … Afterwards, it was shown that
this selectivity of plant lectins is … Today, the term plant lectin is used to denote all plant proteins

Insights into biological role of plant defense proteins: A review

M Jain, GM Amera, J Muthukumaran… - Biocatalysis and …, 2022 - Elsevier
… The proper understanding of these plant defense proteins can … wide variety of plant defense
proteins produced under various … these defense proteins are enzymes, sugar binding lectins, …

Lectins, lectin genes, and their role in plant defense.

MJ Chrispeels, NV Raikhel - The plant cell, 1991 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
lectins have become incorporated into families of proteins whose members play important
roles in plant defense… Although many roles have been proposed for plant lectins (Etzler, 1986), …

The role of lectins in plant defence

WJ Peumans, EJM Van Damme - The Histochemical Journal, 1995 - Springer
… In summary, one can conclude that most plant lectins are storage proteins which, in
addition… Since this review deals with the defensive role of plant lectins, their toxicity towards …

[HTML][HTML] An update on jacalin-like lectins and their role in plant defense

L Esch, U Schaffrath - International journal of molecular sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
… , TaHfr-1, TaJA1, and OsJAC1 were shown to be involved in plant defense (reviewed in [8]). …
lectin-containing proteins in plant defense, with special emphasis on those chimeric proteins

[HTML][HTML] Lectin domains at the frontiers of plant defense

N Lannoo, EJM Van Damme - Frontiers in plant science, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Plant lectins and proteins with one or more lectin domains represent a major part of … plant
lectin motifs used in the constant battle against pathogens and predators during plant defenses

[HTML][HTML] Plant lectins: the ties that bind in root symbiosis and plant defense

PL De Hoff, LM Brill, AM Hirsch - Molecular genetics and genomics, 2009 - Springer
Lectins are a diverse group of carbohydrate-binding proteins that are … plant lectins serve
a diverse array of functions. The most prominent of these include participation in plant defense

The multiple roles of plant lectins

T De Coninck, EJM Van Damme - Plant Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Plant lectins were among the first proteins to be purified and characterized [5]. Taking …
They are considered defense proteins against pathogens and pests, and can restrict long-distance …

Plant proteins that confer resistance to pests and pathogens

PR Shewry, JA Lucas - Advances in botanical research, 1997 - Elsevier
lectin is wheat germ agglutinin, an M r 36000 protein … among the most widely studied
proteins; they inhibit bacterial … the manipulation of defense proteins in transgenic plants it is …