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Properties of Phytohæmagglutinin

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THE kidney bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, supplies an extract that has the property of agglutinating red blood cells1. This extract, called phytohæmagglutinin (PHA), has been found more recently to be a mitotic stimulant for human peripheral blood lymphocytes2. PHA is now routinely used for its mitogenic properties in short-term white blood cell cultures3,4.

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  1. KURT HIRSCHHORN: Established Investigator of the American Heart Association.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Now York University Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, New York, 16, New York

    ROSELYN L. KOLODNY & KURT HIRSCHHORN

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KOLODNY, R., HIRSCHHORN, K. Properties of Phytohæmagglutinin. Nature 201, 715–716 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201715a0

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