Cloning of the mistletoe lectin gene and characterization of the recombinant A-chain

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 264, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 775-784

  Eck, Jürgen ^a   Langer, Martin ^a   Möckel, Babette ^a   Baur, Axel ^a   Rothe, Markus ^a   Zinke, Holger ^a   Lentzen, Hans ^b  

^a BRAIN AG   (Germany)

^b Madaus AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active site cloning; Heterologous expression; Ribosome inactivating protein; Toxic lectin; Viscum album

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RICIN; VISCUM ALBUM LECTIN;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PLANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LECTINS; MISTLETOE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LECTINS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EMBRYOPHYTA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0033568443     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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