Molecular and biochemical characterization of galectin from amphioxus: primitive galectin of chordates participated in the infection processes - Yu, Yanhong; Yuan, Shaochun; Yu, Yingcai; Huang, Huiqing; Feng, Kaixia; Pan, Minming; Huang, Shengfeng; Dong, Meiling; Chen, Shangwu; Xu, Anlong (Glycobiology (Oxford), 2007)
Keywords: alternative splicing; Amino Acid Sequence; amphioxus; Animals; bacteria; Base Sequence; Carbohydrates - chemistry; Chordata; Chordata - metabolism; Chordata - microbiology; diverticulum; embryogenesis; Embryonic growth stage; Escherichia coli - metabolism; evolution; Evolution, Molecular; exons; galectin; galectins; Galectins - chemistry; Galectins - metabolism; gills; host-pathogen relationships; Immune response; Immune system; infection; intestines; introns; Lactose - chemistry; messenger RNA; Microorganisms; Models, Biological; Models, Genetic; Molecular Sequence Data; Phylogeny; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; recombinant proteins; Recombinant Proteins - chemistry; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; tissue distribution; tissues; amphioxus; infection; evolution; galectin