fucolectins

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A form of fucolectin — Any lectin that binds fucose

Scrabble 18

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of fucolectin

    A comprehensive repertoire of carbohydrate-binding molecules has been analyzed in the common periwinkle, Littorina littorea, with unigene sequences corresponding to C-type lectins, fucolectins, galectins, chitinase-like lectins, and I-type lectins [72 ].

    2016 February 13, “Sequencing, De Novo Assembly, and Annotation of the Transcriptome of the Endangered Freshwater Pearl Bivalve, Cristaria plicata, Provides Novel Insights into Functional Genes and Marker Discovery”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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