Lectins are derived from the extracts of plants, animals, viruses and microorganisms and are known to agglutinate red blood cells. These agglutinins can select cell types according to blood group activities utilizing sugar-binding mechanisms. ||Lectins form precipitates with glycoconjugates and are useful for identifying or separating oligosaccharides with identical sugar compositions such as galactose, mannose or glucose.||Carbohydrate Specificity:|beta (1,4)-linked oligomers of N-Acetylglucosamine.||Inhibitory Carbohydrate:|Chitotriose > Chitoboise >> N-Acetylglucosamine.||Specific Activity:|30ug/ml will agglutinate human type O erythrocytes||Quality Control: |SDS-PAGE||Storage and Stability:|May be stored at 4°C for short-term only. For long-term storage, store at -20°C. Aliquots are stable for at least 6 months at -20°C. For maximum recovery of product, centrifuge the original vial after thawing and prior to removing the cap. Further dilutions can be made in assay buffer.