Mistletoe lectin I binding sites on the synaptosomes of the rat cerebral cortex
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- DOI: 10.1016/S0065-1281(85)80072-6
Mistletoe lectin I binding sites on the synaptosomes of the rat cerebral cortex
Abstract
By means of combined lectinological and immunological methods were demonstrated mistletoe lectin I binding sites on rat cerebral cortex synaptosomes. The mistletoe lectin I binds specifically D-galactose. Galactosyl residues were established on the junctional and nonjunctional synaptosomal membrane, on the synaptic vesicles, mitochondria and on myelin contamination. The relative number of mistletoe lectin I receptors per unit area of synaptosomal membrane was calculated.