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Lactuca scariole

SPECIES IMAGE
SOURCEPrickly lettuce
LECTINSPLA-I, PLA-II
MOLECULAR IMAGE
CLASS
NOMENLECa.Lac.Sca.xx.Xxxx
INDEXLectin from higher animal, typically vertebrates / / / /
CHARACTERIZATION
BIOACTIVITYThe prickly lettuce agglutinin (PLA) agglutinates erythrocytes of the mouse and rat, and binds to, but does not agglutinate erythrocytes of other species.
SOURCE TISSUE
SPECIFICITYThe receptor for PLA has not been elucidated but may involve, in part, sialic acid residues.
INHIBITORS
REFERENCESInt Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 1980;61(1):32-9 Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 1981;65(4):445-50
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