The membrane insertion of trichosanthin is membrane-surface-pH dependent

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 349, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 835-841

  Xia, Xiao Feng ^a   Sui, Sen Fang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conformational change; Lipid protein interaction; Membrane surface pressure; Molten globular state; Ribosome inactivating protein

Indexed keywords

8 ANILINO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID; ABORTIVE AGENT; GLYCOSIDASE; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN; TRICHOSANTHIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PH; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CYTOPLASM; EUKARYOTE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIGHER PLANT; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INDUCED ABORTION; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0034254839     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/bj3490835     Document Type: Article

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