D. Vetter et al., STRATEGIES FOR THE SYNTHESIS AND SCREENING OF GLYCOCONJUGATES .2. COVALENT IMMOBILIZATION FOR FLOW-CYTOMETRY, Bioconjugate chemistry, 6(3), 1995, pp. 319-322
Glycosylamines are readily available carbohydrate derivatives that und
ergo acylation reactions with homobifunctional. N-hydroxysuccinimidyl
esters. The product glycosylamides carry a spacer group equipped with
one active ester functionality. This route provides well-defined glyco
conjugates, which may be cross-linked to various amino-functionalized
resins. Carbohydrate recognition of the resulting sugar-bead conjugate
s is probed by lectin immunostaining or flow cytometry using a fluores
cently labeled lectin.