Interaction between Bacterial Lectins and Host Carbohydrates: Strategies for High Affinity Binding

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Authors	WIMMEROVÁ Michaela
Year of publication	2010
Type	Conference abstract
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
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Description	Our contribution is focused on bacterial lectins from human opportunistic pathogens having sub-micromolar range affinity towards their carbohydrate ligands and targeting especially proteins from bacteria dangerous for cystic fibrosis patients, like Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Burkholderia cenocepacia.
Related projects:	Proteins in metabolism and interaction of organisms with the environment Design of Carbohydrates and Glycomimetics as Antibacterial and Antiviral Drugs Lectins from human pathogens - structure, function, engineering