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Noun Concept

Categories: Immunology, Carbohydrates, Glycoproteins, Proteins, Lectins

lectin lectins plant lectins

Any of several plant glycoproteins that act like specific antibodies but are not antibodies in that they are not evoked by an antigenic stimulus WordNet 3.0

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Any of several plant glycoproteins that act like specific antibodies but are not antibodies in that they are not evoked by an antigenic stimulus WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Lectins are carbohydrate-binding proteins that are highly specific for sugar groups that are part of other molecules, so cause agglutination of particular cells or precipitation of glycoconjugates and polysaccharides. Wikipedia

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