TY - CHAP
T1 - The Use of Lectins in Bioaffinity MALDI Probes
AU - Kirmiz, Crystal
AU - Chu, S. Caroline
AU - Lebrilla, Carlito B
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Commonly, lectins have been utilized to isolate glycoproteins from biological fluids, such as serum and plasma. The use of lectins has advanced many areas of medical research, such as aging, cancer prevention, as well as other clinical problems. The chapter also desribes the work conducted in the Lebrilla Laboratory utilizing lectin biology to isolate glycans present in the egg jelly of the frog Xenopus laevis. In this project, the general use of bioaffinity probes for oligosaccharide analysis was examined prior to the work of developing bioaffinity matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) lectin probes. The methods developed in this phase of the project were ultimately used with the lectins to extract glycans from complex and heterogenous mixtures. Biologically active probes for MALDI can be highly useful for the rapid isolation of a compound from a mixture, thus allowing researchers to complete rapid analysis using mass spectrometry (MS).
AB - Commonly, lectins have been utilized to isolate glycoproteins from biological fluids, such as serum and plasma. The use of lectins has advanced many areas of medical research, such as aging, cancer prevention, as well as other clinical problems. The chapter also desribes the work conducted in the Lebrilla Laboratory utilizing lectin biology to isolate glycans present in the egg jelly of the frog Xenopus laevis. In this project, the general use of bioaffinity probes for oligosaccharide analysis was examined prior to the work of developing bioaffinity matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) lectin probes. The methods developed in this phase of the project were ultimately used with the lectins to extract glycans from complex and heterogenous mixtures. Biologically active probes for MALDI can be highly useful for the rapid isolation of a compound from a mixture, thus allowing researchers to complete rapid analysis using mass spectrometry (MS).
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U2 - 10.1016/B978-044453077-6/50014-4
DO - 10.1016/B978-044453077-6/50014-4
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84857119700
SN - 9780444530776
SP - 327
EP - 342
BT - Lectins: Analytical Technologies
PB - Elsevier
ER -