Cytotoxicity of two new ribosome-inactivating proteins, cinnamomin and camphorin, to carcinoma cells

Cell Biochemistry and Function

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 157-161

  Jun, Ling ^a   Wang, Yi L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Camphorin; Carcinoma cells; Cinnamomin; Cytotoxicity; RNA N glycosidase

Indexed keywords

ANILINE; CYTOTOXIC FACTOR; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HIGHER PLANT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MELANOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; SOLID TUMOR;

CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA; EMBRYOPHYTA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0029801423     PISSN: 02636484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbf.667     Document Type: Article

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