Sequence determination of lychnin, a type 1 ribosome-inactivating protein from Lychnis chalcedonica seeds

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 387, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1261-1266

  Chambery, Angela ^a   De Donato, Anna ^a   Bolognesi, Andrea ^b   Polito, Letizia ^b   Stirpe, Fiorenzo ^b   Parente, Augusto ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Edman degradation; Electrospray dual ESI sprayer system; Immunotoxin; Ribosome inactivating protein

Indexed keywords

LYCHNIN; PROTEIN; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE SEQUENCE; LYCHNIS CHALCEDONICA; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOANALYSIS; LYCHNIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEINS; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEINS, TYPE 1; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

LYCHNIS CHALCEDONICA;

EID: 33748751006     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2006.156     Document Type: Article

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