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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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An important anti-nutrient is phytohemagglutinin, a heat-labile lectin known to depress the nutritional quality of dry beans.
Isolation and characterization of a lectin from Grifola frondosa fruiting bodies.
Ricin is a highly toxic, naturally occurring lectin produced in the seeds of the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis.
These results suggest that tomato lectin is an early marker in the differentiation of neural stem cells.
The diet restricted foods high in the sugar-binding protein lectin, generally regarded as a healthy nutrient.
In mammalian systems, treatment of cells with the lectin wheat germ agglutinin inhibits nuclear protein import.

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