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## Abstract Lectins, sugar‐binding molecules of nonimmune origin, were used in this study to describe the development of the main olfactory and vomeronasal systems in the Brazilian gray short‐tailed opossum, __Monodelphis domestica__. A battery of seven lectins of the __N__‐acetylgalactosamine/galactosebinding group was used. Of the seven lectins, only two, __Vicia villosa__ agglutinin (VVA) and __Griffonia (Bandeiraea) simplicifolia__ lectin I‐isolectin B~4~ (GS I‐B~4~), were specific to the vomeronasal system. The other five lectins recognized carbohydrates in both chemosensory systems, although the binding was more intense in the accessory olfactory system. Furthermore, whereas six of the lectins stained the adult opossum accessory olfactory bulb (AOB) homogeneously, the VVA lectin distinguished two regions of the AOB. Similar to the expression of olfactory marker protein (OMP) (Shnayder et al. [1993] Neuroreport __5__:193–196), the rostral half of the AOB stained much darker with VVA than the caudal half, and the onset of the restricted pattern of staining at age 45 days also coincided. We conclude that (1) GS I‐B~4~ and VVA recognize cell surface carbohydrate moieties specific

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Author

Lena Shnayder Shapiro; Mimi Halpern; Pei‐Lee Ee

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0362-2525)

Published

1995

Language

EN

Field

Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)