title: Changes in the structural organization of the surface membrane in malignant cell transformation.
abstract: Malignant transformation of normal cells resulting in agglutinability by the carbohydrate-binding protein Concanavalin A can be explained by three types of changes in the structural organization of sites on the surface membrane. There can be an exposure of cryptic sites, a concentration of exposed sites by a decrease in cell size, and a rearrangement of exposed sites without a decrease in cell size resulting in a clustering of sites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ben-Bassat
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inbar
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sachs