Table I.

Description of lectins

Lectin	Nominal specificity	References
ConA	High Mannose	Mega et al. (1992)
NPA	High Mannose	Kaku et al. (1990)
PHA-L	Complex N-glycans	Cummings and Kornfeld (1982)
PNA	Asialo O-glycans	Lotan et al. (1975)
Jac	Sialylated O-glycans	Wu et al. (2003)
ACA	LacNAc, tolerates sialylation	Rinderle et al. (1989)
RCA-120	LacNAc	Drysdale et al. (1968)
SNA	2,6-linked sialic acid	Shibuya et al. (1987)
TJA-I	2,6-linked sialic acid	Yamashita et al. (1992)
MAA-II	2,3-linked sialic acid	Konami et al. (1994)
WGA	Sialic acid, GlcNAc	Greenaway and LeVine (1973)
WFA	Terminal GalNAc	Uchida et al. (1978)
DBA	Terminal GalNAc	Etzler et al. (1981)