Wheat Germ Agglutinins
"Wheat Germ Agglutinins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Lectins purified from the germinating seeds of common wheat (Triticum vulgare); these bind to certain carbohydrate moieties on cell surface glycoproteins and are used to identify certain cell populations and inhibit or promote some immunological or physiological activities. There are at least two isoforms of this lectin.
| Descriptor ID |
D014909
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.503.499.968 D12.776.765.678.968
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| Concept/Terms |
Wheat Germ Agglutinins- Wheat Germ Agglutinins
- Agglutinins, Wheat Germ
- Lectins, Triticum Vulgare
- Triticum Vulgare Lectins
- Lectins, Wheat Germ
- Wheat Germ Lectins
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