Article
Distribution of carbohydrates recognized by the lectins Euonymus europaeus and concanavalin A in monoxenic and heteroxenic trypanosomatids.
The Journal of protozoology - 1 Jan 2000
Gazzinelli R T, Romanha A J, Fontes G, Chiari E, Gazzinelli G, Brenner Z
Abstract excerpt
We observed a wide distribution of the carbohydrate epitopes galactosyl alpha(1-3)galactose (gal alpha1-3 gal), alpha-glucoside and alpha-mannoside in mono- and heteroxenic trypanosomatids by using fluorescein-labelled lectins of Euonymus europaeus (EE) and Concanavalin A (Con A) as well as sera from acute chagasic patients who have very high levels of anti-gal alpha(1-3)gal antibodies. The direct fluorescence...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Anura
- Blotting, Western
- Carbohydrate Metabolism
- Carbohydrate Sequence
- Carbohydrates
- Chagas Disease
- Chiroptera
- Concanavalin A
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
