Merging carbohydrate chemistry with lectin histochemistry to study inhibition of lectin binding by glycoclusters in the natural tissue context

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 185-199

  André, Sabine ^a   Kaltner, Herbert ^a   Kayser, Klaus ^b   Murphy, Paul V ^c   Gabius, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Agglutinin; Glycoprotein; Glycosylation; Mucins; Sugar code

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLYCAN; GLYCOCLUSTER; GLYCOCONJUGATE; GSA II; LECTIN; MUCIN; PLANT LECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WGA PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BINDING SITE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL ASSAY; CHEMISTRY; CHO CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; JEJUNUM; LECTIN BINDING; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS; STOMACH; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR CELL LINE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CACO-2 CELL LINE; CRICETULUS; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; MALE; METABOLISM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CACO-2 CELLS; CHO CELLS; CRICETULUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLYCOCONJUGATES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PLANT LECTINS; PROTEIN BINDING; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84957840736     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: 1432119X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-015-1383-6     Document Type: Article

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