A novel mitogenic and antiproliferative lectin from a wild cobra lily, Arisaema flavum

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 318, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1057-1065

  Singh, Jagmohan ^a   Singh, Jatinder ^a   Kamboj, Sukhdev Singh ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antiproliferative; Arisaema flavum lectin; Asialofetuin; Hemagglutination; Mitogenic

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASIALOFETUIN; ASPARTIC ACID; CONCANAVALIN A; GLYCINE; LECTIN; METAL ION; SIALIDASE; SULFUR;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ARISAEMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD GROUP; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GOAT; GUINEA PIG; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LYMPHOCYTE; MITOGENESIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SHEEP; SPLEEN CELL;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ARISAEMA; ASIALOGLYCOPROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INTERLEUKIN-2; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITOGENS; PLANT LECTINS; RABBITS; SPLEEN;

ARISAEMA; ARISAEMA FLAVUM; CAPRA HIRCUS; CAVIA PORCELLUS; LILIUM; MURINAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 2442473342     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.04.135     Document Type: Article

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