Homodimerization of pokeweed antiviral protein as a mechanism to limit depurination of pokeweed ribosomes

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 757-767

  Tourlakis, Marina E ^a   Karran, Rajita A ^a   Desouza, Leroi ^a   Siu, K W Michael ^a   Hudak, Katalin A ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POKEWEED ANTIVIRUS PROTEIN; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN 1; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; POKEWEED; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RIBOSOME;

IMMUNOBLOTTING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHYTOLACCA AMERICANA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEINS, TYPE 1; RIBOSOMES;

PHYTOLACCACEAE;

EID: 77957305725     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2010.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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