Applications of site-specific labeling to study HAMLET, a tumoricidal complex of α-lactalbumin and oleic acid

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Mercer, Natalia ^a   Ramakrishnan, Boopathy ^a,b   Boeggeman, Elizabeth ^a,b   Qasba, Pradman K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ACETONYL GALACTOSE; ALPHA LACTALBUMIN OLEIC ACID COMPLEX; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BIOTIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; GALACTOSE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; POLYPEPTIDE ALPHA N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HAMLET COMPLEX, HUMAN; LACTALBUMIN; OLEIC ACID;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL LABELING; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SPECIFICITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR PROBE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STAINING; TUMOR CELL LINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BINDING SITES; BIOTIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LACTALBUMIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLEIC ACIDS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STAINING AND LABELING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80053903491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026093     Document Type: Article

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