Interaction of ricin and Shiga toxins with ribosomes

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 357, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-18

  Tumer, Nilgun E ^a   Li, Xiao Ping ^a  

^a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Ribosomal stalk; Ribosome binding; Ribosome depurination; Ricin; Sarcin ricin loop; Shiga toxin; Translation inhibition

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SARCIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; ELONGATION FACTOR 1; ELONGATION FACTOR 2; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN P2; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN 1; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RICIN; RNA 23S; SHIGA TOXIN; STALK PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL INTERACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PURINE METABOLISM; RIBOSOME; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TARGET CELL; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ENZYME ACTIVATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; RICIN; SHIGA TOXINS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84863285459     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/82_2011_174     Document Type: Article

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