Specific binding of peanut agglutinin to foveal and peripheral cone photoreceptors of monkey retina.
peanut agglutinin, a lectin with specific affinity for galactose beta-(1----3)-N-acetyl-galactosamine disaccharides, showed binding to the slender cones in the rod-free fovea as well as to the conical cones in the periphery of the monkey (Macaca fuscata) retina, but not to the rods, as revealed by light-microscopic cytochemistry with horseradish-peroxidase-conjugated lectin.
Department of Ophthalmology, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
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D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D005584:Fovea Centralis / Q000378:metabolism*; D037102:Lectins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008251:Macaca; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000378:metabolism*; D019887:Peanut Agglutinin; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D014018:Tissue Distribution
D037102:Lectins; D019887:Peanut Agglutinin