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Endogenous ß-Galactoside Binding Lectin of Human Placenta

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An ever-increasing interest in lectins — carbohydrate-binding proteins of nonimmune origin that agglutinate cells or precipitate glyeoconjugates1 — has resulted in the discovery and isolation of many lectins from plants, bacteria, non-vertebrate and vertebrate tissues, and body fluids. The accumulation of data on lectin existence in nearly all classes of living organisms so far examined seems to imply that they may represent an ancient evolutionary system, still well adapted to the performance of specific functions — presumably through the recognition and binding of glycoconjugates.

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  1. Institute of Endocrinology, Immunology and Nutrition, INEP, Zemun, Yugoslavia

    Margita Čuperlović & Miroslava Janković

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  1. Institute of Endocrinology, Immunology, and Nutrition, INEP, Zemun, Yugoslavia

    Olga Genbačev

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

    Arnold Klopper

  3. SCIP Research Unit, University of London, London, UK

    Rebecca Beaconsfield

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Čuperlović, M., Janković, M. (1989). Endogenous ß-Galactoside Binding Lectin of Human Placenta. In: Genbačev, O., Klopper, A., Beaconsfield, R. (eds) Placenta as a Model and a Source. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0823-2_15

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