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The application of lectins to the characterization and isolation of mammalian cell populations

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Mammalian cells invariably contain a vast array of glycosylated moieties, both inside the cell and on the cell surface. There is an increasing awareness of the utility of these carbohydrates in delineating the phenotype or function of many populations of cells. To this end lectins are extremely useful reagents. Lectins are carbohydrate-binding proteins and glycoproteins of non-immune origin derived from numerous plants and animals. A wide variety of lectins with many distinct carbohydrate specificities have been isolated. Historically the most common laboratory techniques utilizing lectins have been agglutination, mitogen stimulation, and fluorescence techniques. Recent advances in the development and conjugation procedures for labels and matrices have led to the creation of numerous novel lectin-based assays. Lectins are currently used not only to identify cells with specified carbohydrate groups, but also to quantitate the carbohydrate groups or to isolate the carbohydrate-bearing cells or structures

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McCoy, J.P. The application of lectins to the characterization and isolation of mammalian cell populations. Cancer Metast Rev 6, 595–613 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00047469

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