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A Fish Galectin-8 Possesses Direct Bactericidal Activity

Galectins are a family of animal lectins with high affinity for β-galactosides. Galectins are able to bind to bacteria, and a few mammalian galectins are known to kill the bound bacteria. In fish, no galectins with direct bactericidal effect have been reported. In the present study, we identified an...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Tengfei, Jiang, Shuai, Sun, Li
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7796122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33396490
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22010376