A haemagglutinin from the medicinal fungus Cordyceps militaris

Bioscience Reports

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 321-327

  Wong, Jack H ^a   Wang, Hexiang ^b   Ng, Tzi B ^a  

^a Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cordyceps militaris; Fungus; Haemagglutinin (HA); HIV 1; Isolation; Tumour

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL EXTRACT; HEMAGGLUTININ; HEPARIN; NITRIC OXIDE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SUGAR; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RIBONUCLEASE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDYCEPS; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STABILITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GEL FILTRATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HEPATOMA CELL; IC 50; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MITOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; FRUITING BODY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CORDYCEPS MILITARIS; FUNGI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORDYCEPS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FRUITING BODIES, FUNGAL; HEMAGGLUTININS; HIV REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN STABILITY; RIBONUCLEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TEMPERATURE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

EID: 70350036228     PISSN: 01448463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSR20080153     Document Type: Article

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