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Concanavalin A (ConA) is a
lectin (carbohydrate-binding protein)
originally extracted from the jack-bean (Canavalia ensiformis). It is a
member of the...
- it is
called feijão-de-porco ("pig bean"). It is also the
source of
concanavalin A. C.
ensiformis is a
twining plant up to 1
metre (3.3 ft) in height...
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blood grouping and research.
Lectins from
legume plants, such as PHA or
concanavalin A, have been used
widely as
model systems to
understand the molecular...
- Acts upon T cells? Acts upon B cells?
phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) yes no
concanavalin A (conA) yes no
lipopolysaccharide (LPS) no yes
pokeweed mitogen (PWM)...
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biomolecule formed of four units, that are the same (homotetramer), i.e. as in
Concanavalin A or
different (heterotetramer), i.e. as in hemoglobin.
Hemoglobin has...
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supplementation alters macrophage phagocytosis and
lymphocyte response to
concanavalin A: a
study in alloxan-induced
diabetic rats". Cell
Biochemistry and Function...
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membrane formation by 43% in the
dispase model of PVR and by 31% in the
concanavalin one.
Lornoxicam not only
normalized the
expression of cyclooxygenases...
- catalase, (e)
porcine alpha amylase, (f)
fungal catalase, (g) myglobin, (h)
concanavalin B, (i) thaumatin, (j) apoferritin, (k)
satellite tobacco mosaic virus...
- four
proteins readily isolated from the seeds; the
others are
concanavalin A,
concanavalin B, and urease.
Canavalin is a
vicilin protein homologous to phaseolin...
- mast
cells has been
carried out
using conditioned medium derived from
concanavalin A-stimulated splenocytes. Later, it was
discovered that T cell-derived...
