Associations to the word «Lectin»

Wiktionary

LECTIN, noun. (protein) Any of a class of plant proteins that bind specific carbohydrates.

Dictionary definition

LECTIN, noun. Any of several plant glycoproteins that act like specific antibodies but are not antibodies in that they are not evoked by an antigenic stimulus.

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne