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Bean lectins

Part 2: Relationship between qualitative lectin variation in Phaseolus vulgaris L. and previous observations on purified bean lectins

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The relationship between the polypeptide composition and the agglutination behaviour of the lectin-containing G2/albumin protein groups has allowed the identification of the active lectin polypeptides in different cultivars of Phaseolus vulgaris (Brown et al. accompanying paper). These results were used to ascertain the particular G2/albumin group contained in the various lectin sources used previously for the purification of lectin proteins. Many studies were found to have included lectin sources which contained the same G2/albumin pattern (TG2) and this common denominator has permitted the direct comparison of the properties reported for these purified lectins. Thus, much of the extensive literature on bean lectins is concurred.

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Brown, J.W.S., Osborn, T.C., Bliss, F.A. et al. Bean lectins. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 62, 361–367 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00275105

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