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What is a lectin?

What is a lectin? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of plant proteins that bind specific carbohydrates.
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Finally, a lectin found in raw kidney bean, phytohaemagglutinin, was found to reduce the rate of an NHL tumor in mice.
In mammalian systems, treatment of cells with the lectin wheat germ agglutinin inhibits nuclear protein import.
These results suggest that tomato lectin is an early marker in the differentiation of neural stem cells.
Isolation and characterization of a lectin from Grifola frondosa fruiting bodies.
But the poison, a type of protein known as a lectin, must enter the bloodstream to do damage.
An important anti-nutrient is phytohemagglutinin, a heat-labile lectin known to depress the nutritional quality of dry beans.

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