Urtica dioica agglutinin

Urtica CBP UDA (Urtica dioica agglutinin) (38 kDa 2 hevein-like CBDs) Urtica dioica (stinging nettle) (Urticaceae) Chitin [agglutinin]... 

Urtica dioica agglutinin isolectin 1 IIQB HiS)j HisL ... 

S. Katiyar, E. J. van Damme, W. J. Penmans, and A. Surolia, Thermodynamic analysis of chitooligosaccharide binding to Urtica dioica agglutinin by isothermal titration calorimetry, Biosci. Rep., 19 (1999) 411-419. 

Galelli A, Delcourt M, Wagner MC, Penmans W, Truffa-Bachi P (1995) Selective expansion followed by profound deletion of mature Vb8.3+ T cells in vivo after exposure to the superantigenic lectin Urtica dioica agglutinin./ Immunol 154 2600-2611... 

Other. Urtica dioica agglutinin has been suggested as a useful probe for the analysis of T-cell activation by superantigens. ... 

A number of mannose-specific agglutinines (lectins) from Galanthus nivalis, Hippeastrum hybrid, Narcissus pseudonarcissus, Listera ovata, Cymbidium hybrid, Epipactis helleborine, and the N-acetylglucosamine-specific lectin from Urtica dioica have been found to inhibit HIV-1 and HIV-2 infection at similar concentrations as dextran sulfate (IC50 0.2 to 0.6 fig/ml), or even lower (IC50 0.04 to 0.08 pg/ml. Akin to sulfated polysaccharides, the plant lectins also exhibit activity against various enveloped viruses other than HIV, i.e., HSV-1, HSV-2, CMV, RSV, and influenza virus. Plant lectins would primarily interfere with the virus-cell fusion process. Their precise mode of action remains to be resolved. 

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