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Original Articles

Cloning and Expression of a Mannose-Binding Jacalin-Related Lectin from Leaves of Japanese Cycad (Cycas revoluta Thunb.)

Tomokazu HARAGUCHIApplied Biological Chemistry, The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University
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Keiichi NOMURAFaculty of Agriculture, Kobe University
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Fumio YAGIApplied Biological Chemistry, The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University;Biochemical Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University
Pages 2222-2229 | Received 22 Mar 2006, Accepted 24 May 2006, Published online: 22 May 2014

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