A protein with antiproliferative, antifungal and HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitory activities from caper (Capparis spinosa) seeds

Phytomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 444-450

  Lam, Sze Kwan ^a   Ng, Tzi Bun ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antiproliferative protein; Caper (Capparis spinosa)

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; SERYLTYROSYLASPARTYLGLUTAMINYLALANYLGLUTAMYLALANYLALANYLLEUCINE; SERYLTYROSYLASPARTYLTHREONYLGLUTAMINYLALANYLGLUTAMYLALANYLALANYLLEUCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CAPPARIS; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL STRAIN HT29; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; FUNGAL SCLEROTIUM; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IC 50; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAPPARIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FUNGI; HIV REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; HIV-1; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PLANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS; SEEDS;

CAPPARIS SPINOSA; CUCUMIS; FUNGI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; VALSA MALI;

EID: 64449086994     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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