concanavalin A


con·ca·nav·a·lin A (conA, con A),

(kon'kă-nav'ă-lin), 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.

concanavalin A

(kŏn′kə-năv′ə-lĭn)n. A lectin extracted from the jack bean that acts as a hemagglutinin and mitogen and induces proliferation of T cells.

con·ca·nav·a·lin A

(con A) (kon-kă-nav'ă-lin) A phytomitogen, extracted from the jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis), which agglutinates the blood of mammals and reactswith glucosans; like other phytohemagglutinins, conA stimulates T lymphocytes more vigorously than it does B lymphocytes.

con·ca·nav·a·lin A

(con A) (kon-kă-nav'ă-lin) A phytomitogen, extracted from the jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis), which agglutinates the blood of mammals and reacts with glucosans.