Hello bionet-immunology community,
hi Kim (kim.dawe at eu.pnu.com) and
Patrick (ptelmer at uoguelph.ca),
some very informative publications about the cell stimulating
mechanism of ConA and other lectins:
Bog-Hansen, T. C., and D.L.J. Freed (eds.) (1987)
Lectins: biology, biochemistry, clinical biochemistry, In:
Proceedings of the Ninth Lectin Meeting, Cambridge, Sigma Chemical
Company, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, page 731
Henkart, P.A., and R.I. Fischer (1975)
Characterization of the lymphocyte surface receptors for Con A and
PHA, Journal of Immunology, volume 114, page 710
Chilson O.P., and A.E. Kelly-Chilson (1989)
Mitogenic lectins bind to the antigen receptor on human lymphocytes
European Journal of Immunology, volume 19, page 389
I hope this helps,
regards
Steffen Roth, Mannheim, Germany
