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ribosome inactivating protein, Viscum

under Toxins, Biological
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More on Toxins, Biological 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    Other names Biological Toxins
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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 		0   *Toxins, Biological *Plant Preparations *Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 2
Pharma Action Adjuvants, Immunologic 		Eur J Pharmacol 23(3):223;1973

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