For a long time, plant lectin research concentrated on (i) the isolation and characterization of new carbohydrate binding proteins with interesting sugar binding and biological activities and (ii) the elucidation of the physiological role of different types of lectins from different species/taxa.
genetic code, the information carried by DNA that determines the specific amino acids and their sequence in each protein synthesized by an organism. The code consists of the sequence of nucleotides in the DNA molecule of each chromosome in the nucleus of every cell.
DNA store the genetic information, this information has to be converted into âproductâ to perform the cellular function. The process is called âthe central dogmaâ, DNA is first transcribed into messenger RNA (mRNA), then the protein is synthesized according to the information on mRNA. This way the information is passed from DNA to protein and the proteins are the âexecutiveâ molecules in cells.