Cloning and soluble expression of mature α-luffin from Luffa cylindrica and its antitumor activities in vitro

Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 585-592

  Liu, Liling ^a,b   Wang, Rupeng ^c   He, Wei ^a   He, Fengtian ^a   Huang, Gang ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BETHUNE INTERNATIONAL PEACE HOSPITAL   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

antitumor activity; expression; luffin; recombinant protein

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LUFFIN PROTEIN, LUFFA CYLINDRICA; ALPHA-LUFFIN PROTEIN, LUFFA CYLINDRICA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN 1; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IC 50; LUFFA; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT SEED; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RABBIT; SOLUBILITY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LUFFA; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEINS, TYPE 1; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOLUBILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LUFFA; LUFFA AEGYPTIACA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 77955190717     PISSN: 16729145     EISSN: 17457270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmq056     Document Type: Article

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