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A Novel Genetic Determination of a Lectin Gene in Iraqi Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates and Use of Purified Lectin as an Antibiofilm Agent.
Journal of AOAC International - 1 Sept 2018
Muslim Sahira Nsayef, Al-Kadmy Israa M S, Auda Ibtesam Ghadban, Mohammed Ali Alaa Naseer, Al-Jubori Sawsan Sajid
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BACKGROUND: Lectin was initially called hemagglutinin or agglutinin because of its capacity to agglutinate human as well as human erythrocytes. They are a heterogeneous group of proteins or glycoproteins of nonimmune origin. Because of their chemical properties, they have become a useful tool in several fields such as immunology, cell biology, molecular biology, membrane structure, pharmacology, cancer research,...
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