Levi G, Teichberg V I
FEBS Lett. 1982 Nov 1;148(1):145-8. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(82)81261-1.
The antigenic cross-reactivity between purified chick, eel and mouse electrolectins (endogenous beta-D-galactoside specific lectins) have been studied using a solid phase radioimmunoassay. The immune serum raised against the eel electrolectin crossreacts both with the chick and the mouse electrolectins, while the anti-chick electrolectin anti-serum recognizes only the eel but not the mouse electrolectin. These findings are analyzed in terms of the phylogenetic distance separating the species considered; they suggest that electrolectins fulfil a fundamental biological function.
