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Science 16 September 1977:
Vol. 197. no. 4309, pp. 1185 - 1187
DOI: 10.1126/science.197.4309.1185
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Lectin Release by Soybean Seeds

DAVID W. FOUNTAIN 1, DONALD E. FOARD 1, WENDY D. REPLOGLE 1, and WEN K. YANG 1

1 University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and Biology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830

Lectin is released from soybean seeds during water uptake. Hemagglutination activity data show that the lectin is a preferential release product within the first 8 hours of hydration. A qualitative filter-paper assay for detection of lectin released by single seeds is used to show that the release phenomenon is independent of seed viability and insensitive to azide.

Submitted on January 17, 1977
Revised on March 22, 1977

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