1st Edition

Lectin-Microorganism Interactions

Edited By R. Doyle Copyright 1994

    Provides in-depth coverage of lectins and their interactions with micro-organisms and demonstrates how lectins function as probes for viral, bacterial, fungal and protozoal surfaces, as well as for blood group antigens.

    Introduction to Lectins and their Interactions with Micro-organisms * Use of Lectins in General and Diagnostic Virology * Epidemiological Applications of Lectins to Agents of Sexually Transmitted Diseases * Application of Lectins in Clinical Bacteriology * Lectin Specificities Relevant to the Medically Important Yeast Candida albicans * Lectin-Leishmania Interaction * Trypanosome Lectin Interactions * Lectin Sorbents in Microbiology * Microbial Lectins for the Investigation of Glycoconjugates * Lectin-Blood Group Interactions.

    Biography

    R. Doyle