Catalytic lectin (leczyme) from bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) eggs: Mechanism of tumoricidal activity

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-23

  Ozaki, Kouichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

catalytic lectin (leczyme); cytotoxic action; degradation; ribonuclease superfamily; RNA

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; LECTIN; SIALIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER CELL DESTRUCTION; CANCER INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LECTIN BINDING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 0029898990     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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