Restoration of lectin activity to an inactive abrin B chain by substitution and mutation of the 2γ subdomain

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 355-361

  De Sousa, Michelle ^a   Roberts, Lynne M ^a   Lord, J Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 subdomain; Abrin; Abrin B chain; Lectin; Mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ABRIN; GALACTOSE; LECTIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTAGENESIS; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; XENOPUS;

ABRIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POINT MUTATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; XENOPUS;

EID: 0033104720     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00164.x     Document Type: Article

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