Biopolymers and Cell. 2012; 28(3): 171-180
ROLE OF PHYTOLECTIN IN THE LIFE CYCLE OF PLANTS
1, 3Kovalchuk N. V., 2Melnykova N. M., 3Musatenko L. I.
1Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, The University of Adelaide
PMB 1, Glen Osmond, SA 5604, Australia
2Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics, NAS of Ukraine
31/17, Vasylkivska Str., Kyiv, Ukraine, 03022
3M. G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, NAS of Ukraine
2, Tereschenkivska Str., Kyiv, Ukraine, 01601
In the review the basic properties of plant lectins and their physiological role in the life cycle of plants are considered. There are data on the current state of the researches of phytolectins and lectin-like proteins as well as designation of the main directions of further study on the functioning of these proteins in the plant physiological processes. |
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