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Schistosoma mansoni: visualization with fluorescent lectins of secretions and surface carbohydrates of living cercariae. 1985

E Linder

Attachment of Schistosoma mansoni cercariae was studied during their explorative movements along a glass surface using labeled lectins as markers. Fluorochrome-labeled lectins selectively labeled surface material produced at the cercarial attachment sites and part of the cercarial surface. The deposited secretions reacted with most of the lectins used but differences in the staining intensity were noted. Secreted material was visualized at the attachment sites within a few seconds after cercarial attachment. The deposited material appeared as "footprints" located at a constant distance from each other. The footprints were formed by a regular cercarial "looping" movement along the glass surface and led to a site of massive deposition of secretions partly covering the body.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008856	Microscopy, Fluorescence	Microscopy of specimens stained with fluorescent dye (usually fluorescein isothiocyanate) or of naturally fluorescent materials, which emit light when exposed to ultraviolet or blue light. Immunofluorescence microscopy utilizes antibodies that are labeled with fluorescent dye.	Fluorescence Microscopy,Immunofluorescence Microscopy,Microscopy, Immunofluorescence,Fluorescence Microscopies,Immunofluorescence Microscopies,Microscopies, Fluorescence,Microscopies, Immunofluorescence
D012550	Schistosoma mansoni	A species of trematode blood flukes of the family Schistosomatidae. It is common in the Nile delta. The intermediate host is the planorbid snail. This parasite causes schistosomiasis mansoni and intestinal bilharziasis.	Schistosoma mansonus,mansonus, Schistosoma
D037102	Lectins	Proteins that share the common characteristic of binding to carbohydrates. Some ANTIBODIES and carbohydrate-metabolizing proteins (ENZYMES) also bind to carbohydrates, however they are not considered lectins. PLANT LECTINS are carbohydrate-binding proteins that have been primarily identified by their hemagglutinating activity (HEMAGGLUTININS). However, a variety of lectins occur in animal species where they serve diverse array of functions through specific carbohydrate recognition.	Animal Lectin,Animal Lectins,Isolectins,Lectin,Isolectin,Lectin, Animal,Lectins, Animal