Carbohydrate-dependent B cell activation by fucose-binding bacterial lectins
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DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aao7194
Abstract: Fucose-specific bacterial lectins bind to and stimulate mouse B cells, inducing an immune response in vivo. Sweet B cell activation Burkholderia and Pseudomonas species of proteobacteria secrete carbohydrate-binding proteins called lectins, enabling adhesion to host… read more here.
Keywords: cell; binding bacterial; cell activation; bacterial lectins ... See more keywords
Molecular Simulations of Carbohydrates with a Fucose-Binding Burkholderia ambifaria Lectin Suggest Modulation by Surface Residues Outside the Fucose-Binding Pocket
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DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00393
Abstract: Burkholderia ambifaria is an opportunistic respiratory pathogen belonging to the Burkholderia cepacia complex, a collection of species responsible for the rapidly fatal cepacia syndrome in cystic fibrosis patients. A fucose-binding lectin identified in the B.… read more here.
Keywords: blood group; lectin; bambl; fucose binding ... See more keywords