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Gallus gallus | |
| SPECIES IMAGE | ![]() | SOURCE |
| LECTINS | Chicken Thymic Electrolectin (CTE) |
| MOLECULAR IMAGE | ![]() | CLASS | S-lectin or galectin |
| NOMEN | GLTa.Gal.Gal..xx.Xxxx |
| INDEX | Galectin from higher animal, typically vertebrates / / / / |
| CHARACTERIZATION | CTE cross-reacts immunologically, but is not identical, with electrolectins from electric-eel electric organ and from chick-embryo pectoral muscle. |
| BIOACTIVITY | CTE agglutinates chicken thymocytes but does not appear to promote their mitosis. |
| SOURCE TISSUE | |
| SPECIFICITY | beta-galactoside sugars |
| INHIBITORS | |
| REFERENCES | Biochem J. 1985 Mar 1;226(2):379-84. |
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