concanavalin A

concanavalin A
A phytomitogen, extracted from the jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis) that agglutinates the blood of mammals and reacts with glucosans; like other phytohemagglutinins, conA stimulates T lymphocytes more vigorously than it does B lymphocytes.

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con·ca·nav·a·lin A (ConA) (kon″kə-navґə-lin) [con- + canavalin] a lectin isolated from the jack bean; it is a hemagglutinin that agglutinates mammalian erythrocytes and a mitogen that stimulates predominantly T lymphocytes.

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  • Concanavalin A — (Canavalia ensiformis) Vorhandene Strukturdaten: s. UniProt …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • concanavalin — noun Etymology: com + canavalin, a noncrystalline globulin found in the jack bean, from New Latin Canavalia, genus name of the jack bean Date: 1917 a protein that occurs in the jack bean and is a mitogen and hemagglutinin …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • concanavalin A — (= Con A) A lectin isolated from the jack bean, Canavalia ensiformis …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • concanavalin — noun Any of a family of glycoprotein lectins found in the jack bean …   Wiktionary

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  • concanavalin — con·ca·nav·a·lin .kän kə nav ə lən n either of two crystalline globulins occurring esp. in the seeds of the jack bean esp one that is a potent hemagglutinin …   Medical dictionary

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