<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gowda, Nagaraj M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Goswami, Usha</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Khan, Mohammad Islam</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">T-antigen binding lectin with antibacterial activity from marine invertebrate, sea cucumber (Holothuria scabra): possible involvement in differential recognition of bacteria</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Invertebrate Pathology</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">agglutination</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">antibacterial activity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">coelomic fluid</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Holothuria scabra</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lectin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">sea cucumber</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OCT</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">525 B ST, STE 1900, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101-4495 USA</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">99</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">141-145</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;In invertebrates, cellular and humoral components are evolved to maintain their body immunity and integrity. Both these factors respond to different antigens such as microorganisms, vertebrate erythrocytes and foreign proteins. In this article, we report a study of a lectin (HSL) involved in immune response in the echinoderm, sea Cucumber (Holothuria scabra). Correlative studies indicate that the expression of this defensive lectin is induced by bacterial challenge, wherein cell wall glycoconjugates of bacteria are involved in lectin induction. HSL showed strong broad spectrum antibacterial activity against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Under in vitro conditions, purified HSL mediate agglutination of the test bacteria, there by indicating a possible mode of action in physiological situation. (c) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Article</style></work-type><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2.198</style></custom4></record></records></xml>