phytohemagglutinin (phytolectin, PHA)

Phyto-mitogen from plants that agglutinates erythrocytes. Commonly used in reference to lectin obtained from red kidney bean, a mitogen that stimulates T-cells more than B-cells.

General

hemagglutinin mitogen plant-specific molecule

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999