FURTHER CHARACTERIZATION OF THE BINDING PROPERTIES OF A GALNAC SPECIFIC LECTIN FROM CODIUM FRAGILE SUBSPECIES TOMENTOSOIDES

Glyco-Immunochemistry Research Lab., Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, 'Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chang-Gung Medical College, Kwei-san, Tao-yuan, 333, Taiwan, and Departnient of Microbiology, Human Genetics and Development and Neurology, and Cancer Center/Institute for Cancer Research, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA