Lectin

Word LECTIN
Character 6
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈlɛktɪn/

Definitions and meanings of "Lectin"

What do we mean by lectin?

Any of several plant proteins or glycoproteins that bind to the sugar molecules of glycoproteins and glucolipids on the surfaces of cells, used to stimulate lymphocyte proliferation and agglutinate red blood cells. noun

Any of a class of plant proteins that bind specific carbohydrates. noun

Any of several plant glycoproteins that act like specific antibodies but are not antibodies in that they are not evoked by an antigenic stimulus noun

Any of a class of proteins that bind specific carbohydrates.

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The word "lectin" in example sentences

The research published in January's Molecular Immunology, demonstrates that the introduction of the astrovirus shell also shuts down a second major trigger, dubbed the lectin pathway. ❋ PhysOrg Team (2010)

I looks them over sometime for to see if I didn't do sumpin 'for deir figures, in s'lectin' and marryin 'Martha, dat's more important to them than de land I'll leave them when I die. ❋ Work Projects Administration (N/A)

Kanoy County sence they stopped 'lectin' country fellers fer sheriff. ❋ Various (N/A)

"The ability to measure over long time scales opens the possibility to study systems with strong affinity at the single-molecule limit, such as lectin-carbohydrate interactions responsible for cell recognition and adhesion," Hafner said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The omitted evidence not only demonstrated that Monsanto's GM soy had significantly lower levels of protein, a fatty acid, and an essential amino acid, their toasted GM soy meal contained nearly twice the amount of a soy lectin, which can interfere with the body's ability to assimilate nutrients. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He knew that the GNA lectin was harmless — not to insects mind you, but to us mammals. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The two lines were produced at the same time, under the same conditions, using the same GNA lectin transgene. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dr. Pusztai and his team knew that the GNA lectin had not caused the damage. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dr. Pusztai was the world's leading expert on lectin proteins, and the GNA lectin was the one he knew most about. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And in a previous experiment, Dr. Pusztai had fed rats an enormous quantity of the lectin, about 700 times the amount produced in the GM potato, again with no effect. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In all his experiments he used an additional control group: non-GMO potatoes (actually the parents of the GMOs) that were spiked with the GNA lectin. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In trials where raw GM potatoes were fed to rats, the raw parent non-GMO potato was also fed to other groups of rats (either with our without added GNA lectin). ❋ Unknown (2010)

A potato was outfitted with an assassin gene from the snowdrop plant; the gene produced "GNA lectin," a protein that kills insects. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The control group fed natural potatoes without added lectin were also in good shape. ❋ Unknown (2010)

During his employment, he was commissioned to study potatoes “fitted” or genetically modified (GM) with a lectin gene from Galanthus Nivalis, a European plant. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The activation through the classical pathway requires C1q, the alternative pathway requires C3b, properdin, and serum factors B and D; and the lectin pathway requires binding carbohyrdate residues on the surface of the bacteria similar to C1q. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Activation of C3 is an important, and common, step in all three of the complment cascades (and Behe explains why), and C4 is essential in the classical and lectin pathways. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Dr Pusztai and a colleague used potatoes that had been genetically modified to produce a protein, lectin. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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