Table 4 of Garcia, Mol Vis 2002; 8:10-16.


Table 4. Summary of lectin staining

This table summarizes Table 2 and Table 3. "++" denotes bright staining; "+" denotes moderate staining; "+/-" denotes uneven staining; "-" denotes background staining; "NA" denotes not assayed. Best staining was obtained with WGA and sWGA, especially for filamentous fungi.

                       Cryosections                      Paraffin embedded sections
                       ------------                      --------------------------
Lectins   C. albicans   A. fumigatus   F. solani   C. albicans   A. fumigatus   F. solani
-------   -----------   ------------   ---------   -----------   ------------   ---------
CON A          +            +/-           +/-           +            +/-           +/-
 WGA           +             ++           ++           +/-            +             +
SWGA           +             ++            +           NA             NA           NA
 PKM          +/-            +            +/-           -             -             -
 GNA          +/-           +/-           +/-          NA             NA           NA

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