A novel lectin was purified from the dorsal spines of the devil stinger, Inimicus japonicus using a combination of affinity chromatography techniques. A single band was detected on a native PAGE gel with a relative molecular mass of 97 kDa. The N-terminal partial amino acid of the intact 75 kDa subunit of the 97 kDa lectin was found to be DHEDS. The agglutination of rabbit...
Sakai 0 Kozue Edo 0 Hideyuki Nakagawa 0 Mitsuko Shinohara Rie Nishiitsutsuji Kiyoshi Ohura 0 Division of Environmental Symbiosis, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, The University of