title: Glycoconjugates in the mandibular salivary gland of adult dogs revealed by lectin histochemistry.
abstract: The glycosidic residues in the mandibular glands of five adult dogs were studied by using seven different lectin-horseradish peroxidase conjugates. In some cases a treatment with sialidase preceded the lectin staining. The mucous acinar cells contained oligosaccharides with alpha- and beta-N-acetylgalactosamine, N-acetylglucosamine and fucose residues, whereas the demilunar cells contained glycoconjugates rich in sialic acid linked to the penultimate disaccharide galactosyl-(beta 1-->3) N-acetylgalactosamine.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Anatomia Normale Veterinaria, Perugia, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pedini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ceccarelli
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gargiulo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D004285:Dogs / Q000378:metabolism*; D006001:Glycoconjugates / Q000032:analysis*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D037102:Lectins; D008334:Mandible; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor / Q000737:chemistry*; D013194:Staining and Labeling
chemical_list: D006001:Glycoconjugates; D037102:Lectins