Disruption of the C. elegans Intestinal Brush Border by the Fungal Lectin CCL2 Phenocopies Dietary Lectin Toxicity in Mammals

Lectins are non-immunoglobulin carbohydrate-binding proteins without enzymatic activity towards the bound carbohydrates. Many lectins of e.g. plants or fungi have been suggested to act as toxins to defend the host against predators and parasites. We have previously shown that the Coprinopsis cinerea...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Stutz, Katrin, Kaech, Andres, Aebi, Markus, Künzler, Markus, Hengartner, Michael O.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4461262/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26057124
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129381
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