Interaction between Bacterial Lectins and Host Carbohydrates: Strategies for High Affinity Binding

• Authors: WIMMEROVÁ Michaela
• Year of publication: 2010
• Type: Conference abstract
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Description: Our contribution is focused on bacterial lectins from human opportunistic pathogens having sub-micromolar range affinity towards their carbohydrate ligands and targeting especially proteins from bacteria dangerous for cystic fibrosis patients, like Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Burkholderia cenocepacia.

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