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DETECTION OF TWO LECTINS IN HAEMOLYMPH FROM THE OYSTER PINCTADA MAXIMA
Author(s) -
Flower RLP,
Wilcox GE,
Pass DA
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian journal of experimental biology and medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.999
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1440-1711
pISSN - 0004-945X
DOI - 10.1038/icb.1985.73
Subject(s) - hemolymph , oyster , chemistry , biology , fishery , botany
Summary Two lectins were detected in haemolymph from the oyster Pinctada maxima , a macromolecular (approximately 8 × 10 6 dalton) N‐acetyl‐galactosamine‐binding lectin and a lower molecular weight (approximately 4 × 10 5 dalton)α‐galactose‐binding lectin. The macro‐molecular lectin agglutinated human type A erythrocytes to a greater extent than human type B or O erythrocytes and was the major lectin detected in the haemolymph. The 4 × 10 5 dalton lectin agglutinated human type A, B and O erythrocytes to the same extent.