Overview
Reviews the current knowledge of animal lectins, their ligands and associated proteins
Up-to-date knowledge of animal lectins and their effector functions in innate immunity
Clinical significance of lectin-glycoconjugate interactions is described in detail
Reviews characteristics of newly described lectins of non-mammalian origin
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (46 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Front Matter
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Intracellular Lectins
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I-Type Lectins
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Keywords
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. G. S. Gupta is a former Professor and Chairman of the Department of Biophysics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. His primary areas of research are Molecular and Cell Biology, Enzymology and Protein Chemistry, and Radiation Biology. As a visiting researcher, he has worked at many institutions, including Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, the Center of Immunopathology and Experimental Immunology, INSERM, Paris and the Center of Cytogenetics and Immunogenetics, INSERM, Villejuif (France). He has been honored by Indian agencies as Emeritus Scientist by CSIR, Emeritus Professor by University Grants Commission (UGC), and Emeritus Medical Scientist by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). Professor Gupta has made significant research contribution in scientific research and published 155 original research articles and reviews in Books and international journals of repute. He is the recipient of several awards and international fellowships including a WHO fellowship, the INSERM French Government fellowship, and the fellowship under Indo-French Exchange programme. Indian Council of Medical Research has honored him by conferring Swaran Kanta Dingley Oration Award of 1993 for his research contribution and extending knowledge in male reproduction. Dr. Gupta is the author of Proteomics of Spermatogenesis published by Springer (New York, USA) in 2005 and has contributed 34 reviews on the subject, as a single author. Associated with national and international scientific societies, he has chaired scientific sessions and delivered invited lectures at national and International conferences.
Professor G.S. Gupta holds master’s degrees in Physical Chemistry and Biochemistry from Lucknow University, Lucknow, and a Ph.D. in Biophysics from Panjab University, Chandigarh (India).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Animal Lectins: Form, Function and Clinical Applications
Authors: G. S. Gupta
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1065-2
Publisher: Springer Vienna
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Wien 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-1064-5Published: 13 November 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-4837-2Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-1065-2Published: 13 November 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: LIV, 1108
Topics: Protein-Ligand Interactions, Protein Science, Immunology, Biochemistry, general