Balsamin, a novel ribosome-inactivating protein from the seeds of Balsam apple Momordica balsamina

Amino Acids

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 973-981

  Kaur, Inderdeep ^a   Yadav, Santosh K ^b   Hariprasad, Gururao ^c   Gupta, R C ^a   Srinivasan, Alagiri ^c   Batra, Janendra K ^b   Puri, Munish ^a,d  

^a PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balsamin; Cucurbitaceae; Momordica balsamina; Ribosome inactivating protein (RIP); RNA N glycosidase

Indexed keywords

BALSAMIN; BRYODIN I; GLYCOSIDASE; LUFFIN A; PLANT EXTRACT; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA N GLYCOSIDASE; SAPONIN; SAPONIN 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LUFFA AEGYPTIACA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOMORDICA BALSAMINA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SAPONARIA; SAPONARIA OFFICINALIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOMORDICA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RABBITS; RETICULOCYTES; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEINS; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BRYONIA DIOICA; CUCURBITACEAE; LUFFA AEGYPTIACA; MOMORDICA; MOMORDICA BALSAMINA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SAPONARIA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 84864743826     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-011-1162-1     Document Type: Article

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