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ArticleGlycoconjugate journal2022

35 years in plant lectin research: a journey from basic science to applications in agriculture and medicine.

Els J M Van Damme

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Article in Glycoconjugate journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Climate change and the antinutrient-antioxidant puzzle in common bean seeds.Journal of the science of food and agriculture · 2026
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  7. Chimerolectins: Classification, structural architecture, and functional perspectives.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025
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  9. An engineered antibody-lectin conjugate targeting the HIV glycan shield protects humanized mice against HIV challenge.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  14. Archives of Razi Institute · 2024
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  16. A Boltzmann model predicts glycan structures from lectin binding.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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  18. Saudi journal of biological sciences · 2023
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  19. International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Els J M Van DammeLaboratory of Glycobiology and Biochemistry, Department of Biotechnology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000, Ghent, Belgium. elsjm.vandamme@ugent.be.ORCID 0000-0001-9848-766X
Ghent University · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plants contain an extended group of lectins differing from each other in their molecular structures, biochemical properties and carbohydrate-binding specificities. The heterogeneous group of plant lectins can be classified in several families based on the primary structure of the lectin domain. All proteins composed of one or more lectin domains, or having a domain architecture including one or more lectin domains in combination with other protein domains can be defined as lectins. Plant lectins reside in different cell compartments, and depending on their location will encounter a large variety carbohydrate structures, allowing them to be involved in multiple biological functions. Over the years lectins have been studied intensively for their carbohydrate-binding properties and biological activities, which also resulted in diverse applications. The present overview on plant lectins especially focuses on the structural and functional characteristics of plant lectins and their applications for crop improvement, glycobiology and biomedical research.

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LectinsPlant LectinsAgricultureGlycomicsHumansProtein DomainsLectinsPlant LectinsAgricultural/biomedical applicationsLectinPlant defensePlant developmentSignaling

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PMID34427812
PMCPMC8383723
OpenAlexW3193528849

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