The diphthamide modification on elongation factor-2 renders mammalian cells resistant to ricin

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1687-1694

  Gupta, Pradeep K ^a   Liu, Shihui ^a   Batavia, Mariska P ^a   Leppla, Stephen H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DIPHTHAMIDE; ELONGATION FACTOR 2; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RICIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROTECTION; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HISTIDINE; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 2; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEINS; RICIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRICETULUS GRISEUS; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 47549095879     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2008.01159.x     Document Type: Article

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