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Localization of wheat germ agglutinin receptor sites on yeast cells by scanning electron microscopy

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WGA receptor sites on the surface ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae cells pretreated with an α- mannanase were localized by gold granules labelled with WGA. The receptor sites were found on the bud scars, the mother cell-bud junction (chitin) and the bud, but not on the mother cell.

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  1. Research Department, Nestlé Products Technical Assistance Co. Ltd., Case postale 88, CH-1814, La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland

    M. Horisberger & Jacqueline Rosset

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Acknowledgment. We thank Prof.C. E. Ballou for supplying theArthrobacter strain GJM-1 and MrsM. Weber for the photographic work.

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Horisberger, M., Rosset, J. Localization of wheat germ agglutinin receptor sites on yeast cells by scanning electron microscopy. Experientia 32, 998–1000 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01933934

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