Active site of trichosanthin acting as a ribosome inactivating protein

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 447-451

  Xi, Zheng De ^a   Ma, Bao Li ^a   Yang, Li Ming ^a   Cao, He Nian ^a   Wang, Mu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Cell free system; Hydroxylamines; Leucine; Monoclonal antibodies; Peptide fragments; Plant proteins; Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; Trichosanthin; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

TRICHOSANTHIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RABBIT; RETICULOCYTE LYSATE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RABBITS; RETICULOCYTES; TRICHOSANTHIN;

EID: 0030771301     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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