Relationship between trichosanthin cytotoxicity and its intracellular concentration

Toxicology

Volumn 177, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 245-251

  Chan, Wah Lun ^a   Zheng, Yong Tang ^b   Huang, Hai ^a   Tam, Siu Cheung ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Endocytosis; LDL receptor related protein 2 macroglobulin receptor; Ribosome inactivating protein; Trichosanthin

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; TRICHOSANTHIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CELL LINE; CELL TYPE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; HUMANS; MICE; RIBOSOMES; TRICHOSANTHIN;

EID: 0037102702     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(02)00226-3     Document Type: Article

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