Lectin Common

Lectin has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

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

lectin

Any of a class of proteins that bind specific carbohydrates.

See Also

leukolectin dectin thrombolectin actinohivin boronolectin merolectin odorranalectin concanavalin

Related Terms

leukolectin dectin thrombolectin actinohivin boronolectin merolectin odorranalectin concanavalin granulocytin carbohydrate paracoccin lectinlike horcolin sialoadhesin lectinology cd23 hemolectin sialolectin galectin nigrin

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

glycoprotein

Rhyming Words

tin gtin itin putin matin totin ditin potin nitin titin hatin rutin jatin latin cutin artin tatin eatin datin ettin

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