title: Lectin characterization of the olfactory system in brachiopterygian fish.
abstract: Lectin binding was performed on the olfactory system of Polypterus and Erpetoichthys, the living genera of the subclass of Brachiopterygii. The lectin histochemical patterns and the Western-blot analysis indicate that the receptor cells of the olfactory mucosa are characterized by high density of specific glycoconjugate residues. The presence of glycoproteins, whose terminal sugars are detected by lectin binding, might be related to the reception of an odor stimulus and its transduction into a nervous signal or to the histogenesis of the olfactory system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Bologna, Italy. vfrance@alma.unibo.it
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Franceschini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lazzari
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ciani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005399:Fishes / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D037102:Lectins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009812:Odorants; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000378:metabolism*; D009831:Olfactory Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000378:metabolism; D037121:Plant Lectins; D018035:Receptors, Odorant / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D030262:Soybean Proteins; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; D037102:Lectins; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D037121:Plant Lectins; D018035:Receptors, Odorant; D030262:Soybean Proteins; C045475:Griffonia simplicifolia lectins; C036554:dolichos biflorus agglutinin; C045476:sophora japonica agglutinin; C028824:soybean lectin; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins; C034981:tomato lectin