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SUBMITTER: Li Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3090205 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Yu Y Tao Sheng-Ce SC Zhu Heng H Schneck Jonathan P JP
Current protocols in protein science 20110201
Lectins, plant-derived glycan-binding proteins, have long been used to detect glycans on cell surfaces. However, the techniques used to characterize serum or cells have largely been limited to mass spectrometry, blots, flow cytometry, and immunohistochemistry. While these lectin-based approaches are well established and they can discriminate a limited number of sugar isomers by concurrently using a limited number of lectins, they are not amenable for adaptation to a high-throughput platform. For ...[more]