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Cell surface changes during embryonic development and differentiation may be reflected in differential cell agglutinability induced by lectins (Moscona, 1971; Oppenheimer, 1977) or in differential lectin binding capacity (O’Dell et al., 1973). Changes in agglutinability of mouse embryos during cleavage have been shown by several studies (Pienkowski, 1974; Rowinski et al., 1976; Sobel and Nebel, 1976; Rector and Granholm, 1978). The present study was designed to determine whether or not there is a change in the number of concanavalin A (Con A) binding sites during the preimplantation development of mouse embryos. Con A binds specifically to α-D-mannose and α-D-glucose residues (Sharon and Lis, 1972).
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Wu, J.T. (1981). Concanavalin-A-Binding Capacity of Preimplantation Mouse Embryos. In: Glasser, S.R., Bullock, D.W. (eds) Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Implantation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3180-3_57
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