Differential binding of toxic lectins from Viscum album L., ML I and ML III, to human lymphocytes

Anticancer Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6 B, 1999, Pages 5095-5099

  Büssing, Arndt ^a,c   Stein, Gerburg M ^a   Pfüller, Uwe ^a   Schietzel, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b Herdecke Community Hospital   (Germany)

^c Krebsforschung Herdecke   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human lymphocytes; Lectins; Viscum album

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; PADGEM PROTEIN; VISCUM ALBUM LECTIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LECTIN BINDING; MEMORY CELL; MYELOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

APOPTOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LECTINS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; LYMPHOCYTES; MISTLETOE; PLANT LECTINS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROTEIN BINDING; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033368191     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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