Agglutinins from marine macroalgae of the southeastern United States

Autor:	R. E. Longley, Kimon T. Bird, Mark Kinkema, T. C. Chiles, A. F. Kendrick
Rok vydání:	1993
Předmět:	biology Strain (chemistry) Binding protein boats.ship_type Lectin Plant Science Aquatic Science biology.organism_classification boats Agglutination (biology) Red blood cell medicine.anatomical_structure Agglutinin Algae Bryopsis plumosa Botany biology.protein medicine
Zdroj:	Journal of Applied Phycology. 5:213-218
ISSN:	1573-5176 0921-8971
DOI:	10.1007/bf00004020
Popis:	Protein extracts from 22 species of marine macroalgae from Florida and North Carolina were compared for their abilities to agglutinate sheep and rabbit erythrocytes. Protein extracts from 21 algal species agglutinated rabbit erythrocytes compared to 19 for sheep erythrocytes. However, agglutination by brown algal extracts was variable. The agglutination produced by protein extracts from Dictyota dichotoma could be blocked by addition of polyvinylpyrrolidone. Protein extracts from North Carolina macroalgae were also tested against five bacterial species. Three of these agglutinated bacterial cells. Ulva curvata and Bryopsis plumosa agglutinated all five species. Protein extracts from five species of Florida algae were tested for their effects on mitogenesis in mouse splenocytes and human lymphocytes. Gracilaria tikvahiae HBOI Strain G-5, Ulva rigida and Gracilaria verrucosa HBOI Strain G-16S stimulated mitogenesis in mouse splenocytes, while Gracilaria tikvahiae HBOI Strain G-16stimulated mitogenesis in human lymphocytes.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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