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SUBMITTER: Hashim OH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5592079 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hashim Onn Haji OH Jayapalan Jaime Jacqueline JJ Lee Cheng-Siang CS
PeerJ 20170907
In recent years, the use of lectins for screening of potential biomarkers has gained increased importance in cancer research, given the development in glycobiology that highlights altered structural changes of glycans in cancer associated processes. Lectins, having the properties of recognizing specific carbohydrate moieties of glycoconjugates, have become an effective tool for detection of new cancer biomarkers in complex bodily fluids and tissues. The specificity of lectins provides an added a ...[more]