The UniLectin portal (https://unilectin.unige.ch/) was designed in 2019 with the goal of centralising curated and predicted data on carbohydrate-binding proteins known as lectins.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFor decades, lectins have been used as probes in glycobiology and this usage has gradually spread to other domains of Life Science. Nowadays, researchers investigate glycan recognition with lectins in diverse biotechnology and clinical applications, addressing key questions regarding binding specificity. The latter is documented in scattered and heterogeneous sources, and this situation calls for a centralized and easy-access reference.
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