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Different receptors for distribution of peanut and ricin agglutinins between inner and outer segments of rod cells

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Lectins can be used as probes for cell-surface oligosaccharides1–4. These proteins display high specificities for certain haptene sugars, although the details of the sugar linkages and the three-dimensional array of the oligosaccharide may all be involved in determining the affinity of a lectin for its receptor. We have now shown that peanut and ricin agglutinins bind differentially to the surfaces of rod inner and outer segments.

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Bridges, C., Fong, SL. Different receptors for distribution of peanut and ricin agglutinins between inner and outer segments of rod cells. Nature 282, 513–515 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/282513a0

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