Mosquito cell line glycoproteins: an unsuitable model system for the Plasmodium ookinete-mosquito midgut interaction?

Table 1 Lectins used and their specificities

Lectin	Abbreviation	Sugar specificity	Positive control	Reference
Concanavalin A	Con A	α-mannose, α-glucose	SBA, Ovalbumin	[46]
Wheat Germ Agglutinin	WGA	(GlcNAc)₂, Sialic acid, GalNAc	Ovalbumin	[47]
*Dolichos biflorus* agglutinin	DBA	α-GalNAc	ASM	[48]
Soybean agglutinin	SBA	α, β-GalNAc, Gal	ASM	[49]
Peanut agglutinin	PNA	Galβ1-3GalNAc	ASM, BSA-T	[50]
*Artocarpus integrifola* agglutinin	JAC	Galβ1-3GalNAc, GalNAcβ1-3 Gal, GalNAc	ASM, BSA-T	[51, 52]
*Phaesolus vulgaris* agglutinin	PHA	Galβ1-4GlcNAc	ASF	[53]
*Ricinus communis* agglutinin	RCA_II	Galβ1-4GlcNAc	ASF	[54]
*Maackia amirensis* lectin	MAL_II	Sialic acidα2-3Gal	Mouse blood	[55]
*Sambuca nigra* agglutinin	SNA	Sialic acidα2-6Gal	Fetuin	[56]
*Ulex europaeus* agglutinin	UEA_I	Fucα1-2Gal	Mucin	[57]
*Aleutia aurantia* agglutinin	AAL	Fucα1-3/6	Mucin	[58]

Positive controls for each lectin were dot blotted and treated as described in materials and methods.

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