Handbook of Animal Lectins: Properties and Biomedical Applications - Hardcover

Kilpatrick, David C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 047189981X ISBN 13: 9780471899815

Publisher: Wiley, 2000

Synopsis

This comprehensive yet concise guide to animal lectins,
covers all sources from unicellular protozoa and slime
moulds through invertebrates to mammals and birds, and
provides essential information to the widest possible
readership.

The last few years have seen an explosion of interest and
research in animal lectins, and this book, which is divided
into two parts, provides a compendium of galectins,
collectins, selectins, pentraxins and other
carbohydrate-binding proteins from throughout the animal
kingdom. The first part introduces animal lectins on both
phylogenetic and structural bases and outlines their key
biomedical applications. The second, and major part, is a
quick reference alphabetical directory listing around 170
lectins. Each lectin entry provides, where known, details
of its:

Isolation
Structure
Biological activities
Tissue and/or subcellular distribution
Possible functions
Applications

A bibliography for each lectin is also included and useful
appendices list lectins according to their sugar specificity,
characterised lectins of human origin by tissue source and
commercial suppliers of animal lectins.

This superb book is aimed at basic scientists and clinicians
alike, and will be invaluable to both established research
workers and newcomers to this area. It will be of
particular interest to biochemists, cell biologists,
immunologists, oncologists, pharmacologists, medical
practitioners and students of medical and biological
sciences.

About this title

About the Author

David C. Kilpatrick is the author of Handbook of Animal Lectins: Properties and Biomedical Applications, published by Wiley.

From the Back Cover

Handbook of Animal Lectins provides a comprehensive yet concise guide to animal lectins. Split into two parts, it covers all animal sources from unicellular protozoa and slime moulds through invertebrates to mammals and birds.

The first part introduces animal lectins on both phylogenetic and structural bases and outlines their key biomedical applications. The second, and major part, is a quick reference alphabetical directory listing approximately 170 lectins. Each lectin entry provides, where known, details of its:
* Isolation
* Structure
* Biological activities
* Tissue and/or subcellular distribution
* Possible functions
* Applications
A bibliography of each lectin is also included and useful appendices list lectins according to their sugar specificity, characterised lectins of human origin by tissue source and commercial suppliers of animal lectins.

Handbook of Animal Lectins is aimed at basic scientists and clinicians alike and will be invaluable to both established research workers and newcomers to this area. It will be of particular interest to biochemists, cell biologists, immunologists, oncologists, pharamacologists, medical practitioners and students of medical and biological sciences.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 047189981X
• ISBN 13: 9780471899815
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480