Associations to the word «Lectin»

Wiktionary

LECTIN, noun. (protein) Any of a class of plant proteins that bind specific carbohydrates.

Dictionary definition

LECTIN, noun. Any of several plant glycoproteins that act like specific antibodies but are not antibodies in that they are not evoked by an antigenic stimulus.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras