Table 1. Biotinylated lectins used and their major specificites.

Lectin	Source	Major specificity
Mannose
CON A	Canavalia ensiformis	aD-man,a-D-Glc, terminal or a1,2 N-linked sequences, high mannose, intermediate and small complex structures [10].
PSA	Pisum sativum	a-D-man in non-bisected bi and tri antennary complex N glycan [10].
e-PHA	Phaseolus vulgaris (erythroagglutin)	Bisected bi and tri-antennate complex N glycan [10]
l-PHA	Phaseolus vulgaris (leukoagglutinin)	Tri and tetra-antennate nonbisected complex N glycan [10].
Sialic acid
SNA-1	Sambucus nigra	Neu5Aca2,6Gal/GalNAc- [10].
MAA	Maackia amurensis	Neu5Aca2,3Galb1 [10]
LFA	Limax flavus	Sialyl terminals [11]
N-acetyl glucosamine oligomers
WGA	Triticum vulgaris	(−4GlcNAc b1,4GlcNAcb1-)n,
		(-Galb1,4GlcNAcb1-)n [10]
DSA	Datura stramonium	-GlcNAcb1,4GlcNAc- [10]
STA	Solanum tuberosum	b1,4GlcNAc oligomers [10]
		N-Acetyl galactosamine
SBA	Glycine max	Terminal GalNAca1– [10]
DBA	Dolichos biflorus	GalNAca1,3(Fuc1,2)Galb1,4GlcNAc- [10]
WFA	Wisteria floribunda	GalNAcα1,6Galβ1-, bGalNAc [12]
Galactose
AHA	Arachis hypogaea	Galb1,3GalNAca->Galb1,4GlcNAca1 [10]
MPA	Maclura pomifera	Galb1,3GalNAca1->GalNAca1– [10]
Jacalin	Artocarpus integrifolia (Jacalin)	Galb1,3GalNAc-, Gala1,6– [10]
BSA-1B4	Bandeiraea simplicifolia	Gala1,3Galb1,4GlcNAcb- [10]
ECA	Erythrina cristagalli	Galb1,4GlcNAc- [10]
Fucose
UEA-1	Ulex europaeus	Fuca1,2Galb1,4GlcNAc- [10]

The biotinylated lectins used in the study are listed grouped by major specificity; source references are provided in parentheses.