Glycoconjugates lectin binding

Zambenedetti P, Giordano R, Zatta P (1996) Indentification of lectin binding sites in the rat brain. Glycoconjugate Journal 13 341-346. 

Lectins are sugar-binding proteins or glycoproteins of nonimmune origin. They agglutinate cells and precipitate glycoconjugates. Lectins may have two... 

Lectins, or proteins with specific binding sites for carbohydrates, can be used as targeting molecules to localize particular glycoconjugates such as glycoproteins or glycolipids on cell surfaces (Fig. 373). Labeled with gold particles, lectins are important probes for detection of cell surface components and intracellular receptors and in immunological or biochemical assay procedures (Bog-Hansen et al., 1978 Kimura et al., 1979 Nicolson, 1978 Roth, 1983 Benhamou et al., 1988 Nakajima et al., 1988). 

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