Analysis of active ricin and castor bean proteins in a ricin preparation, castor bean extract, and surface swabs from a public health investigation

Forensic Science International

Volumn 209, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 70-79

  Schieltz, David M ^a   McGrath, Sara C ^a   McWilliams, Lisa G ^a   Rees, Jon ^a   Bowen, Michael D ^b   Kools, John J ^b   Dauphin, Leslie A ^b   Gomez Saladin, Eduardo ^b   Newton, Bruce N ^b   Stang, Heather L ^b   Vick, Michael J ^b   Thomas, Jerry ^a   Pirkle, James L ^a   Barr, John R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS DETECTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Database search; Mass spectrometry; Proteomic analysis; RCA120; Ricin

Indexed keywords

11S GLOBULIN SUBUNIT BETA PRECURSOR; 2S ALBUMIN PRECURSOR; 2S SULFUR RICH SEED STORAGE PROTEIN; AGGLUTININ PRECURSOR; CASTOR BEAN PROTEIN; GLUTELIN TYPE A 3 PRECURSOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 HEAVY CHAIN CONSTANT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A HEAVY CHAIN CONSTANT REGION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE (CYTOCHROME); LEGUMIN A PRECURSOR; LEGUMIN B PRECURSOR; LEGUMIN TYPE B PRECURSOR; NUCLEOLAR PROTEIN NOP56; OLEOSIN 2; RICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HOTEL ROOM; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NANOLIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SAMPLING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WHITE POWDER;

EID: 79957598901     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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