Aleuria Aurantia Lectin (AAL)-reactive immunoglobulin G rapidly appears in sera of animals following antigen exposure.

We have discovered an Aleuria Aurantia Lectin (AAL)-reactive immunoglobulin G (IgG) that naturally occurs in the circulation of rabbits and mice, following immune responses induced by various foreign antigens. AAL can specifically bind to fucose moieties on glycoproteins. However, most serum IgGs ar...

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Main Authors: Songming Chen, Chen Lu, Hongbo Gu, Anand Mehta, Jianwei Li, Patrick B Romano, David Horn, D Craig Hooper, Carthene R Bazemore-Walker, Timothy Block
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3443102?pdf=render