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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Avian Pathol. 2013 Feb;42(1):60–71. doi: 10.1080/03079457.2012.759176

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Lectin binding of Maackia amurensis 1 (MAA1) and Maackia amurensis 2 (MAA2) for α2,3-linked SA receptors in the respiratory and intestinal tract of aquatic bird species. MAA1 binding in green, MAA2 binding in red and binding of both lectins in yellow. Respiratory tract: a - wood duck (trachea), b – red head (trachea), c – ruddy turnstone (bronchus), d – American coot (trachea). Intestinal tract: e – wood duck (ileum), f – dunlin (small intestine), g – red knot (small intestine), h – American Coot (small intestine). 1 – ciliated cells; 2 – goblet cells; 3 – mucous glands; 4 – enterocytes. Bar: 50 µm.