Definition: Specific, characterizable, poisonous chemicals, often PROTEINS, with specific biological properties, including immunogenicity, produced by microbes, higher plants (PLANTS, TOXIC), or ANIMALS.
general or unspecified; prefer specifics; /antag permitted but consider also ANTITOXINS
ribosome inactivating protein, Viscum [ aviscumine ] type 2 RIP of 264 aa, MW 60 kDa; viscotoxin is also available; ML1 binds B-galactosides, ML2 binds B-gal & NAG, ML3 binds N-acetyl-galactosides; aviscumine produced in E. coli via recombinant DNA