Vicia faba agglutinin, the lectin present in broad beans, stimulates differentiation of undifferentiated colon cancer cells

Gut

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 709-714

  Jordinson, M ^a   El Hariry, I ^a   Calnan, D ^a   Calam, J ^a   Pignatelli, M ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Differentiation; Lectins; Polarity; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; LECTIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LECTIN BINDING SITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION;

EID: 0008836984     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.44.5.709     Document Type: Article

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