Research Article

Innate Immunity in Lobsters: Partial Purification and Characterization of a Panulirus cygnus Anti-A Lectin

Table 2

Elution of P. cygnus lectin from REM-Sepharose.

EluantHA titreA280

N-acetylgalactosamine (100 mmol/L)10240.18
N-acetylglucosamine (100 mmol/L)51200.20
Glycine buffer pH 3 (100 mmol/L)51200.21
Sucrose (125 mmol/L)-urea (500 mmol/L)51200.20

aThe HA titre with rat erythrocytes was determined for protein-containing fractions as described in the text.