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Lactuca scariole | |
| SPECIES IMAGE | ![]() | SOURCE | Prickly lettuce |
| LECTINS | PLA-I, PLA-II |
| MOLECULAR IMAGE | ![]() | CLASS |
| NOMEN | LECa.Lac.Sca.xx.Xxxx |
| INDEX | Lectin from higher animal, typically vertebrates / / / / |
| CHARACTERIZATION | |
| BIOACTIVITY | The prickly lettuce agglutinin (PLA) agglutinates erythrocytes of the mouse and rat, and binds to, but does not agglutinate erythrocytes of other species. |
| SOURCE TISSUE | |
| SPECIFICITY | The receptor for PLA has not been elucidated but may involve, in part, sialic acid residues. |
| INHIBITORS | |
| REFERENCES | Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 1980;61(1):32-9 Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 1981;65(4):445-50 |
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