Kovács P, Csaba G, László V
Acta Physiol Hung. 1984;64(1):19-23.
In a protozoan (Tetrahymena) model system, insulin treatment produced a long-term imprinting which upon re-exposure to the hormone resulted in an enhanced binding of the hormone. Insulin pretreatment produced similar effect with regard to the binding of concanavalin-A. Concanavalin-A could only induce a short-term imprinting for itself and was not capable at all of inducing imprinting for insulin. Based on the results of this study it appears that the binding of the sugar component of the receptor, which can be achieved also by lectin, is not sufficient to induce imprinting but the whole (hormone) molecule is needed.
在原生动物（四膜虫）模型系统中，胰岛素处理产生了一种长期印记，再次暴露于该激素时会导致激素结合增强。胰岛素预处理在伴刀豆球蛋白A的结合方面产生了类似的效果。伴刀豆球蛋白A只能诱导自身的短期印记，根本无法诱导胰岛素的印记。基于这项研究的结果，似乎受体糖成分的结合（凝集素也能实现）不足以诱导印记，而是需要整个（激素）分子。
