Converse of object

• contain: This precaution is necessary because wheatgerm contains lectin, which can potentially cause red blood cells to clump.

• express: Pusztai and his coworkers created GM potatoes expressing a snowdrop lectin ( GNA ) to increase resistance to insects and nematodes.

• encode: Project researchers isolated and characterized two cDNAs encoding the lectin.

• call: This is because kidney beans contain a natural toxin ( called lectin ) that can cause stomach aches and vomiting.

• use: In fact, Pusztai used a snowdrop lectin proven in peer-reviewed research to be harmless to mammals in its natural non-GM form.

Adjective modifier

• foreign: These tables allow ready comparison of the differences between rats fed diets containing foreign lectin and the appropriate controls.

Modifies a noun

• gene: One GM product is a potato with a lectin gene in ( from snowdrops ).

• antigen: The lectin antigen was detectable using the ELISA method in the sera of 65 % of patients ( Ref.

• receptor: C-type lectin receptors involved in diverse processes following ligand recognition.

• domain: Its proteolytically truncated variant, the C-terminal lectin domain with impaired capacity to form aggregates when surface bound, has only weak binding properties.

Noun used with modifier

• nivalis: Effect of diets containing genetically modified potatoes expressing Galanthus nivalis lectin on rat small intestine.

• c-type: C-type lectin receptors involved in diverse processes following ligand recognition.

• snowdrop: Worse yet, rats fed plain potatoes sprinkled with snowdrop lectin did not show these effects.

• fly: If so, would these bind with tsetse fly lectin?