A biophysical elucidation for less toxicity of Agglutinin than Abrin-a from the seeds of Abrus Precatorius in consequence of crystal structure

Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Cheng, Jack ^a   Lu, Tian Huey ^a   Liu, Chao Lin ^b   Lin, Jung Yaw ^c  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRIN; ABRUS AGGLUTININ; PLANT LECTIN; PLANT RNA; RNA 28S;

ABRUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ABRIN; ABRUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LECTINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, PLANT; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEEDS; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 77951577986     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: 14230127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1423-0127-17-34     Document Type: Article

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