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Detection and Identification of Parasite Surface Carbohydrates by Lectins

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Analytical Parasitology

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Lectins (often termed agglutinins) are proteins, usually glycoproteins, derived from both animal and plant material, that recognise and bind to specific sugar moieties (or certain glycosidic linkages) of polysaccharides, glycoproteins and glycolipids present on cell membrane surfaces or soluble in biological fluids (Lis and Sharon 1986; Sharon and Lis 1989). Lectin specificity is usually defined in terms of the monosaccharides or simple oligosaccharides that inhibit lectin-mediated agglutination (cells), precipitation (soluble molecules) or binding (membranes).

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Ingram, G.A. (1997). Detection and Identification of Parasite Surface Carbohydrates by Lectins. In: Rogan, M.T. (eds) Analytical Parasitology. Springer Lab Manuals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60345-7_9

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