Biological activities of the lectin, abrin-a, against human lymphocytes and cultured leukemic cell lines

Journal of Hematotherapy and Stem Cell Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-53

  Moriwaki, Sawako ^a   Ohba, Hideki ^b   Nakamura, Osamu ^b   Sallay, Imre ^b   Suzuki, Muneou ^c   Tsubouchi, Hirohito ^c   Yamasaki, Nobuyuki ^a   Itoh, Kyogo ^d  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^d KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LECTIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B CELL LEUKEMIA; CELL AGGLUTINATION; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABRIN; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KINETICS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LECTINS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, ACUTE, HTLV-I-ASSOCIATED; LYMPHOCYTES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034095484     PISSN: 15258165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152581600319612     Document Type: Article

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