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Limited data are available with respect to the carbohydrate-binding specificity of abrin. Olsnes and coworkers147 demonstrated that the agglutination of erythrocytes by abrin in the presence of anti-abrin antiserum was inhibited best by D-galactose. Lactose, melibiose, and D-fucose (in the order of decreasing potency) gave weaker inhibition, whereas D-glucose, D-mannose, D- and L-arabinose, D-xylose,... 

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