A new gene encoding the ribosome-inactivating protein from mistletoe extracts

Arzneimittel-Forschung/Drug Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 242-249

  Tonevitsky, Alexander G ^a   Agapov, Igor I ^b   Pevzner, Irina B ^b   Maluchenko, Nataliya V ^a   Moisenovich, Mikhail M ^a   Palmer, Rex A ^c   Yurkova, M ^d   Pfüller, Karola ^d   Pfüller, Uwe ^d,e  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND SELECTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^e Institut für Phytochemie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mistletoe lectins, recombinant MLIII A subunit; Monoclonal antibodies; Ribosome inactivating protein; Viscum album

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT; VISCUM ALBUM LECTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CATALYSIS; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION;

VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 1942467875     PISSN: 00044172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1296966     Document Type: Article

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