On the carbohydrate binding specificity of lectins: the game is never over.

Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0606.

Indian J Biochem Biophys. 1990 Dec;27(6):368-9.

The physiological role of plant lectins still remains a mystery. Nevertheless the carbohydrate binding properties of these proteins are a source of great fascination and have been applied to the study of glycoconjugates on cell surfaces and in solution. These matters are discussed.