Mitogenic Lectins

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Ashraf, Mohd Tashfeen ^a   Khan, Rizwan Hasan ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Lectins; Lymphocyte proliferation; Mitogen

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CONCANAVALIN A; CYTOKINE; GLYCOSIDASE; LECTIN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; POKEWEED MITOGEN; PROTEIN;

CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MITOGENICITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; LECTINS; LYMPHOCYTES; MITOGENS; PROTEINS;

EID: 1642565243     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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