Amino acid sequence, S-S bridge arrangement and distribution in plant tissues of thionins from Viscum album

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 989-996

  Orrù, Stefania ^a,b   Scaloni, Andrea ^c   Giannattasio, Matteo ^b   Urech, Konrad ^d   Pucci, Piero ^b,e   Schaller, Gerhard ^d  

^a Ctro Internazionale Servizi S   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d Institute Hiscia   (Switzerland)

^e CEINGE BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mass spectrometry; Mistletoe; S S bridges; Viscotoxins

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; CYTOTOXIN; DISULFIDE; PLANT TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PLANT; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISCUM ALBUM; X RAY ANALYSIS;

VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0030866679     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1997.378.9.989     Document Type: Article

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