The presence of N-acetylneuraminic acid in Malpighian tubules of larvae of the cicada Philaenus spumarius

The elderberry (Sambucus nigra L.) bark lectin recognizes the Neu5Ac(alpha 2-6)Gal/GalNAc sequence.

Naoto Shibuya, Irwin Goldstein, W. F. Broekaert et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1987 · 788 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Botany +16

The immobilized leukoagglutinin from the seeds of Maackia amurensis binds with high affinity to complex-type Asn-linked oligosaccharides containing terminal sialic acid-linked alpha-2,3 to penultimate galactose residues.

Wen‐Ching Wang, Richard D. Cummings · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1988 · 455 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology +17

NZB mouse system for production of monoclonal antibodies to weak bacterial antigens: isolation of an IgG antibody to the polysaccharide capsules of Escherichia coli K1 and group B meningococci.

Matthias Frosch, I. Görgen, G J Boulnois et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1985 · 390 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Microbiology +17

The distribution of sialic acids in nature

Leonard Warren · Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology · 1963 · 197 citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +4

Purification and macromolecular properties of a sialic acid-specific lectin from the slug Limax flavus.

R.L. Miller, James F. Collawn · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1982 · 168 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +17