title: Glycoconjugates in the secretory epithelium of the chicken mandibular gland.
abstract: In the secretory epithelium of the chicken mandibular gland, glycoconjugates have been studied by means of histochemical methods of light and electron microscopy. In light microscopy, a series of histochemical procedures have been employed which included lectin--peroxidase--diaminobenzidine methods and a digestion technique with neuraminidase or alpha-amylase. In electron microscopy, a battery of methods were used that corresponded to those employed in light microscopy. In the secretory cells of the chicken mandibular gland, vicinal diol- and sulphate-containing glycoconjugates with sialic acid, alpha-D-mannose, alpha-D-glucose and beta-D-galactose residues were visualized and the possible histophysiological significances of such glycoconjugates were discussed with special reference to the functions of the salivary gland.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002645:Chickens; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D008297:Male; D008358:Mannose / Q000378:metabolism; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013431:Sulfates / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012794:Sialic Acids; D013431:Sulfates; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid; D005947:Glucose; D008358:Mannose