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Genomic cloning and characterization of a PPA gene encoding a mannose-binding lectin from Pinellia pedatisecta

JUAN LIN¹, XUANWEI ZHOU², JIONG FEI², ZHIHUA LIAO¹, WANG JIN¹, XIAOFEN SUN^1,*, KEXUAN TANG^1,2,*

1. State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan-SJTU-Nottingham Plant Biotechnology R&D Center, Morgan-Tan International Center for Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China;
2. Plant Biotechnology Research Center, Fudan-SJTU-Nottingham Plant Biotechnology R&D Center, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030, People’s Republic of China;
Address correspondence to: Xiaofen Sun and Kexuan Tang. State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, CHINA. Fax: (+86-21) 65643552. E-mail: xfsun1@sohu.com or kxtang1@yahoo.com or kxtang1@sohu.com