Aquatic Lectins: Immune Defense, Biological Recognition and Molecular Advancements (Hardcover)

1. Fish Lectins: History, Types and structural classification.- 2. Legume Lectins.- 3. Cereal Lectins.- 4. P-type Lectins.- 5. S-type Lectins.- 6. C-Type Lectins.- 7. Pentraxins.- 8. Localization and diverse distribution of fish lectins.- 9. Fish lectins in host-pathogen interaction.- 10. Antimicrobial and Immunomodulatory role of fish lectins.- 11. Regulation of fish lectin expression during infection.- 12. Role of lectin in biofilm inhibition.- 13. USe of lectins for defence molecules haemagglutination, endocytosis and phagocytosis.- 14. Cytotoxicity and anticancer activity of fish lectins.- 15. Molecular cloning and CRISPR Techniques in Fish lectin research.- 16. Fish lectins as molecular markers.- 17. Application of fish lectin in human and veterinary medicine.- 18. Future perspectives of fish lectin research.