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SUBMITTER: de Vasconcelos MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6268693 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20120507 5
To study the interactions between a Rhizobium tropici strain and lectins isolated from the seeds of Canavalia ensiformis (ConA) and Canavalia brasiliensis (ConBr), a lectin fluorescence assay was performed. In addition, an experiment was designed to evaluate the effect of the two lectins on bacterial growth. Both lectins were found to bind to R. tropici cells, but the interactions were inhibited by D-mannose. Interestingly, only ConBr stimulated bacterial growth in proportion to the concentratio ...[more]