A. Varying amounts of Alexa488 succinimidyl ester were reacted with purified virions (8,000 HAU) of A/Oklahoma/3052/2009 (pdmH1N1). Excess reagent was dialyzed away and residual HA and NA activities were measured using turkey red blood cells and MUN substrate respectively.
B. Binding of viruses (5,000 HAU/ml) to the Glycan Array v4.0 after reaction with varying amounts of Alexa488 as indicated. The y axis is fluorescent signal (RFU) of virus bound to the individual glycans on the array. The glycans that bind (ID numbers on the x axis) are sorted from high to low at 100 μg Alexa.