title: Carbohydrate components of human immunodeficiency viruses type I and II.
abstract: The terminal carbohydrate residues of HIV I and II were detected by ferritin labeled lectins in electron microscopy. Different cell lines, which were infected with HIV I and II, expressed different terminal carbohydrate residues, which could also be detected on the viral envelope by electronmicroscopy. Especially N-Acetylgalactosamine residues were detected by Vicia villosa agglutinin only on Jurkat cells. This may have functional implications, since this lectin recognizes contrasuppressor T cells.
authors.affiliation: Anatomische Anstalt, University of Munich, FRG.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schumacher
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eberle
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Welsch
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Ziegler-Heitbrook
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gürtler
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Deinhardt
mesh_terms: D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D005293:Ferritins; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006651:Histocytochemistry / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D037102:Lectins; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D005293:Ferritins