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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hemagglutinin extracted from a plant.
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- noun biochemistry Any
hemagglutinin ofplant origin, but especially that found in manybeans that has aphysiological action
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For example, chrysotile fibres have been shown to depress the in vitro proliferation of phytohemagglutinin-stimulated peripheral blood lymphocytes, suppress natural killer cell lysis and significantly reduce lymphokine-activated killer cell viability and recovery.
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We transformed C. arabica with the alpha-amylase inhibitor-1 gene (alpha-AI-1) from the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, under control of the seed-specific phytohemagglutinin promoter (PHA-L).
BioMed Central - Latest articles Aulus Barbosa 2010
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An interesting seed protein family with a role in preventing insect herbivory is the multi-gene, APA family encoding the alpha-amylase inhibitor, phytohemagglutinin and arcelin proteins of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).
BioMed Central - Latest articles Matthew Blair 2010
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Three easily accessible cell types were studied: T lymphocytes prepared from phytohemagglutinin (PHA) - stimulated peripheral blood
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hasmik Mkrtchyan et al. 2010
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In addition, cells were added to 6 wells containing medium only as a negative control, and 2 wells containing phytohemagglutinin (PHA) (1 µg / ml in the well) as a positive control.
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Briefly, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were isolated from a healthy volunteer and stimulated for 18 hours with phytohemagglutinin (PHA).
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For virus isolation, PBMCs were co-cultured with phytohemagglutinin (PHA) (1 µg/ml) - stimulated CD8
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Kok Keng Tee et al. 2009
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Other parameters measured included mixed-leukocyte reaction (MLR), natural killer (NK) cell activity, the proliferative response of T lymphocytes toward mitogen (phytohemagglutinin
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34; 2010
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Other parameters measured included mixed-leukocyte reaction (MLR), natural killer (NK) cell activity, the proliferative response of T lymphocytes toward mitogen (phytohemagglutinin
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