Obsolete Term Information

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Accession
GO:0005530
Name
obsolete lectin
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
lectin
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
OBSOLETE. Lectins are proteins obtained particularly from the seeds of leguminous plants, but also from many other plant and animal sources, that have binding sites for specific mono or oligosaccharides in cell walls or membranes. They thereby change the physiology of the membrane to cause agglutination, mitosis, or other biochemical changes in the cell. Source: GOC:curators
Comment
This term was made obsolete because it refers to a class of gene products.
consider: GO:0030246
consider: GO:0007157
History
See term history for GO:0005530 at QuickGO
Chem. react.
None
Subset
None
Include "regulates"
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