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Abstract
Transformation of mouse-spleen lymphocytes in the presence of soybean agglutinin is markedly enhanced after their treatment with neuraminidase (EC 3.2.1.18). Incubation of the cells with the enzyme also facilitates their agglutination by the lectin. The soybean agglutinin-induced agglutination and transformation is inhibited specifically by N-acetyl-D-galactosamine. New specific binding sites for soybean agglutinin were shown to appear after neuraminidase treatment. It is postulated that the transformation of neuraminidase-treated mouse-spleen lymphocytes induced by soybean agglutinin is caused by the binding of the lectin to galactosyl residues exposed by the action of neuraminidase on the cell membrane.Entities:
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Year: 1973 PMID: 4517665 PMCID: PMC427046 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.70.9.2515
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205