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Lectin characterization of the olfactory system inbrachiopterygian fish
Author(s) -
Franceschini Valeria,
Lazzari Maurizio,
Ciani Franco
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international journal of developmental neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.761
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1873-474X
pISSN - 0736-5748
DOI - 10.1016/s0736-5748(98)00057-4
Subject(s) - lectin , olfactory system , glycoconjugate , biology , olfactory mucosa , olfactory nerve , glycoprotein , nervous system , central nervous system , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , olfactory bulb , neuroscience
Lectin binding was performed on the olfactory system of Polypterus and Erpetoichthys , the living genera of the subclass of Brachiopterygii. The lectin histochemicalpatterns and the Western‐blot analysis indicate that the receptor cells of the olfactory mucosa arecharacterized by high density of specific glycoconjugate residues. The presence of glycoproteins,whose terminal sugars are detected by lectin binding, might be related to the reception of an odorstimulus and its transduction into a nervous signal or to the histogenesis of the olfactory system.© 1999 ISDN. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved