Handbook of Animal Lectins: Properties and Biomedical Applications

Handbook of Animal Lectins provides a comprehensive yet concise guide to animal lectins. Split into two parts, it covers all animal sources from unicellular protozoa and slime moulds through invertebrates to mammals and birds. The first part introduces animal lectins on both phylogenetic and structural bases and outlines their key biomedical applications. The second, and major part, is a quick reference alphabetical directory listing approximately 170 lectins. Each lectin entry provides, where known, details of its: ∗ Isolation ∗ Structure ∗ Biological activities ∗ Tissue and/or subcellular distribution ∗ Possible functions ∗ Applications A bibliography of each lectin is also included and useful appendices list lectins according to their sugar specificity, characterised lectins of human origin by tissue source and commercial suppliers of animal lectins. Handbook of Animal Lectins is aimed at basic scientists and clinicians alike and will be invaluable to both established research workers and newcomers to this area. It will be of particular interest to biochemists, cell biologists, immunologists, oncologists, pharamacologists, medical practitioners and students of medical and biological sciences.

Introduction to Animal Lectins. Invertebrate Lectins. Vertebrate Lectins. Biomedical Applications of Animal Lectins. Alphabetical Directory of Animal Lectins. Appendices. Index.

“the book is a genuinely useful tool for immunologists and cell  biologists" (Biochemie, No. 83, 2001)     “It may be regarded the current "gold standard" about the enormous scope of animal lectins”   (Int.Jnl.of Medical Microbiology, Vol.291, No.5, 2001)   "...a comprehensive, thorough, well organized, and well–produced treatise of the field..."  (ChemBioChem, Vol.3, No.6, 2002)           "...a handy compendium..." (The Biochemist, 24 January 2003)