Independency of anti-HIV-1 activity from ribosome-inactivating activity of trichosanthin

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 302, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-94

  Wang, Jian Hua ^a   Nie, Hui Ling ^b   Huang, Hai ^c   Tam, Siu Cheung ^c   Zheng, Yong Tang ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antiviral protein; Human immunodeficiency virus type 1; Ribosome inactivating protein; Trichosanthin

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; MUTANT PROTEIN; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN; TRICHOSANTHIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME ADDITION; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0037470355     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00119-0     Document Type: Article

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