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SUBMITTER: Tanji T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1450005 | biostudies-literature | 2006 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tanji Takahiro T Ohashi-Kobayashi Ayako A Natori Shunji S
The Biochemical journal 20060501 1
A galactose-specific C-type lectin has been purified from a pupal extract of Drosophila melanogaster. This lectin gene, named DL1 (Drosophila lectin 1), is part of a gene cluster with the other two galactose-specific C-type lectin genes, named DL2 (Drosophila lectin 2) and DL3 (Drosophila lectin 3). These three genes are expressed differentially in fruit fly, but show similar haemagglutinating activities. The present study characterized the biochemical and biological properties of the DL1 protei ...[more]