Isolation and characterisation of a cysteine protease (phytolacain G), from Phytolacca americana roots

Planta Medica

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 942-947

  Sußner, Ursula ^a   Abel, Gudrun ^b   Schulte, Ralf ^b   Kreis, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Bionorica AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cysteine protease; Phytolacain G; Phytolacca americana; Phytolaccaceae; Pokeweed mitogen

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; PHYTOLACAIN G; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG ISOLATION; FRACTIONATION; GEL FILTRATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MITOGENESIS; PLANT ROOT; POKEWEED; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PHYTOLACCA AMERICANA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

PHYTOLACCA; PHYTOLACCA AMERICANA; PHYTOLACCACEAE;

EID: 7644244673     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-832621     Document Type: Article

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