title: Plant toxins.
abstract: Many plants produce toxic proteins capable of inactivating eukaryotic ribosomes and thereby arresting protein synthesis. In certain plants the gene for a ribosome-inactivating protein has fused with a gene encoding an independent sugar-binding polypeptide to generate heterodimeric proteins which are among the most potent cytotoxins known.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lord
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D003603:Cytotoxins / Q000633:toxicity; D037102:Lectins / Q000633:toxicity; D037121:Plant Lectins; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000633:toxicity*; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D012270:Ribosomes / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D003603:Cytotoxins; D037102:Lectins; D037121:Plant Lectins; D010940:Plant Proteins