Luffangulin, a novel ribosome inactivating peptide from ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula) seeds

Life Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 899-906

  Wang, Hexiang ^a   Ng, Tzi Bun ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Gourd; Ribosome inactivating peptide; Seeds

Indexed keywords

2 DIETHYLAMINOETHANOL; ARGININE; CELLULOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LUFFACULIN; LUFFANGULIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN P28; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DRUG ACTIVITY; GEL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IC 50; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLYCOPROTEINS; HIV-1 REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LUFFA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE-N4-(N-ACETYL-BETA-GLUCOSAMINYL) ASPARAGINE AMIDASE; PLANT PROTEINS; RABBITS; RETICULOCYTES; RIBOSOMES; SEEDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CUCURBITA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LUFFA; LUFFA ACUTANGULA; LUFFA CYLINDRICA;

EID: 0037059572     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(01)01466-7     Document Type: Article

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