CGC Bibliography Paper 3055

Lectins in nematology: An overview.

Borgonie G, Van Driessche E, Coomans A

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"Lectins: Biology, Biochemistry, Clinical Biochemistry". E Van Driessche, P Rouge, S Beeckmans and TC Bog-Hansen (eds). Textop, Hellerup. 11: 337-345 1996

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REVIEW

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Applications of, and investigations on lectins in nematology reflect the existing classification of nematodes according to their life-styles, i.e. free-living, plant-parasitic and animal-parasitic. In animal-parasitic nematodes, lectins have predominately been used to study the cuticle and its interaction between nematode and host. In plant-parasitic nematodes, investigations on the cuticle and amphid exudates have been predominant. Nematode-plant interactions on the other hand have attracted only minor attention. Ironically, however, the free-living nematodes in general, and the widely used model system Caenorhabditis elegans in particular, have been used very little for study of lectins, in spite of the many advantages offered by this organism as a genetic and an experimental model system.