Galectins as Cancer Biomarkers

Galectins are a group of proteins that bind β-galactosides through evolutionarily conserved sequence elements of the carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD). Proteins similar to galectins can be found in very primitive animals such as sponges. Each galectin has an individual carbohydrate binding prefe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Balan, Vitaly, Nangia-Makker, Pratima, Raz, Avraham
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2010
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3645499/