Chemicals and Drugs

Discoidins

Lectins that were identified in DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM. They bind to GALACTOSE and are involved in cell-substratum adhesion, maintenance of morphology during aggregation, and spore formation.

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Abstract

Lectins that were identified in DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM. They bind to GALACTOSE and are involved in cell-substratum adhesion, maintenance of morphology during aggregation, and spore formation.

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5 entry terms
  • Discoidin
  • Discoidin-I
  • Discoidin-II
  • Discoidin I
  • Discoidin II

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30 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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History Note

2017 (1980)

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  1. D12.776w.503w.140
  2. D12.776w.820.250

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Discoidins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000070821. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000070821
  2. Discoidins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76742646