Point mutations in the Hydrophobic C‐Terminal Region of Ricin A Chain Indicate that Pro250 Plays A Key Role in Membrane Translocation

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 458-463

  Simpson, Jeremy C ^a   Lord, J Michael ^a   Roberts, Lynne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

membrane translocation; mutagenesis; ricin A chain

Indexed keywords

RICIN A; RICIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RABBIT; RETICULOCYTE; RIBOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DRUG STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETICULOCYTES; RIBOSOMES; RICIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VERO CELLS;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029088942     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: 14321033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1995.tb20831.x     Document Type: Article

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