The action mode of the ribosome-inactivating protein α-sarcin

Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 420-428

  Hwu, Luen ^a   Huang, Kuan Chun ^a   Chen, Dow Tien ^a   Lin, Alan ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ribonuclease; Ribonucleic acid; Ribosome; Ribosome inactivating protein; Rnase T1; Sarcin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SARCIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CATALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYDROLYSIS; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETICULOCYTES; RIBONUCLEASES; RIBOSOMES; RNA;

EID: 0033828198     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: 14230127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02255817     Document Type: Article

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