Phytomedicine
Volume 16, Issue 6 , Pages 601-608 , June 2009

Bioinformatics analyses of the mannose-binding lectins from Polygonatum cyrtonema, Ophiopogon japonicus and Liparis noversa with antiproliferative and apoptosis-inducing activities

  • Bo Liu

      Affiliations

    • College of Life Sciences & State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
    • ,
  • Hao Peng

      Affiliations

    • College of Life Sciences & State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
    • ,
  • Qing Yao

      Affiliations

    • College of Life Sciences & State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
    • ,
  • Jing Li

      Affiliations

    • College of Life Sciences & State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
    • ,
  • Els Van Damme

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium
    • ,
  • Jan Balzarini

      Affiliations

    • Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke University Leuven, Minderbroederstraat 10, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
    • ,
  • Jin-ku Bao

      Affiliations

    • College of Life Sciences & State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel./fax: +862885410672.

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doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2008.12.010

Phytomedicine
Volume 16, Issue 6 , Pages 601-608 , June 2009

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