This thesis is concerned with the first ever X-ray crystallographic and complimentary solution studies on mycobacterial lectins. Lectins, described as multivalent carbohydrate binding proteins of non-immune origin, are ...

This thesis is concerned with structural and related studies on two non-toxic homologues of type II RIPs. Type II RIPs, which are more toxic than type I, contain an additional lectin chain (B-chain) covalently linked to ...