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  • noun medicine Any of a family of glycoprotein lectins found in the jack bean

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Examples

  • A low level of sialylation and distinctive concanavalin A - and

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Maja M. Kosanović 2010

  • In some experiments, alexa 488-conjugated concanavalin A was added at the same time as primary antibodies to visualize the apical brush-border.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

  • We analyzed the induction of osmoprotective gene products in response to hypertonicity in proliferating T cells obtained by culturing splenocytes with the mitogen concanavalin A plus IL-2 during 72 hours.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Katherine Drews-Elger et al. 2009

  • In addition, cells treated with ICZ increased surface concanavalin A (ConA) binding, corroborating an increase in high mannose surface glycoproteins.

    Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue Frey, T., De Maio, A. 2009

  • Phaseolus vulgaris erythroagglutinin • ConA, concanavalin A • endo H, endoglycosidase H

    Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue Frey, T., De Maio, A. 2009

  • Spleen cells were also treated with concanavalin A (ConA) (Sigma Aldrich, St. Louis, Mo) at 20 µg/ml (positive control), or with peptide solvent or medium as negative controls.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hamid R. Haghighi et al. 2009

  • + / + and NFAT5 − / − T lymphocytes induced to proliferate with (A) anti-CD3 / CD28 antibodies plus IL-2 or (B) concanavalin A (ConA) plus IL-2 in isotonic or moderately hypertonic media.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Katherine Drews-Elger et al. 2009

  • Similar results were obtained in cells stimulated with concanavalin A and IL-2 (

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Katherine Drews-Elger et al. 2009

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