Vicia cretica: a powerful lectin for T- and Th- but not TK- or other polyagglutinable erythrocytes.
Extracts of the seeds of Vicia cretica (NO Leguminosae) strongly agglutinate T- Th- but not Tk- or other polyagglutinable red cells. The V. cretica lectin is therefore a very useful laboratory reagent in the elucidation of erythrocyte polyagglutination due to T-like erythrocyte cryptantigens.
D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000276:immunology*; D006384:Hemagglutination; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D037121:Plant Lectins; D010946:Plants, Medicinal
D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D037102:Lectins; D037121:Plant Lectins