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Protein & Peptide Letters

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ISSN (Print): 0929-8665
ISSN (Online): 1875-5305

Scanning the Genome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Identify Potential Lectins

Author(s): Desh Deepak Singh, Divya Chandran, Justin Jeyakani and Nagasuma Chandra

Volume 14, Issue 7, 2007

Page: [683 - 691] Pages: 9

DOI: 10.2174/092986607781483813

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Abstract

Lectins are carbohydrate binding proteins with important roles in many biological processes such as adhesion. Here we have identified 11 potential lectins from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv genome, using a comprehensive bioinformatics analysis, which will provide helpful clues in molecular mapping of pathogenesis and perhaps also serve as potential drug targets.

Keywords: Bacterial lectins, haemagglutinin, sequence analysis, tuberculosis, adhesion


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