Lectin, Vicia villosa

Tn antigen a-GalNAc Cancer vaccine Lectin (Vicia villosa) 22-25... 

An AFM can also be used to measure forces between the probe tip and the sample surface. The distribution of sugar chains on the tissue section of rat vomeronasal epithelium, and the adhesive force between the sugar and its specific lectin were examined by AFM (02). AFM tips were modified with a lectin, Vicia villosa agglutinin, that recognizes terminal N-acetyl-D-galactos-amine (GalNAc). When the modified tip scanned the luminal surface of the sensory epithelium, adhesive interactions between the tip and the sample... 

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The glomemlar layer of the AOB can be divided into anterior and posterior (rostral and caudal) halves on the basis of their chemoarchitecture (Halpem et al., 1995) the anterior stains more darkly than the posterior when treated with the lectin VVA Vicia villosa agglutinin) (Shapiro et al., 1995), NADPH-diaphorase (Shapiro and Halpem, 1998), and antibodies to olfactory marker protein (OMP) (Shnayder et al., 1993) and the G-protein Gi2-aipha (Halpem et al., 1995). The posterior half is selectively stained by Gq. alpha antibodies (Halpem et al., 1995 Jia and Halpem, 1996). A retrograde HRP labeling study has suggested, and another using immunohistochemical technique has confirmed, that these halves receive projections from distinct laminae of the VNO (Jia and Halpem, 1996 Shapiro et al., 1995). 

Ichikawa, M., Osada, T. Ikai, A. 1992. Bandeiraea simplicifolia lectin I and Vicia villosa agglutinin bind specifically to the vomeronasal axons in the accessory olfactory bulb of the rat. Neurosci. Res., 13, 73—79. 

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