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Inhibition of protein synthesis in vitro by a lectin from Momordica charantia and by other haemagglutinins.

ABSTRACT: Protein synthesis by a rabbit reticulocyte lysate is inhibited by the haemagglutinating lectins from Momordica charantia and Crotalaria juncea seeds and from the roe of Rutilus rutilus, and by a commercial preparation of the mitogenic lectin from Phytolacca americana. The haemagglutinins from the seeds of Ricinus communis and of Vicia cracca acquired inhibitory activity after their reduction with 2-mercaptoethanol.

SUBMITTER: Barbieri L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1161349 | biostudies-other | 1979 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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