title: Characterization of a cDNA encoding ricin E, a hybrid ricin-Ricinus communis agglutinin gene from the castor plant Ricinus communis.
abstract: Two classes of ricin cDNA clones have been identified and sequenced. The cDNA clone pBL-1 closely matches in nucleotide sequence the ricin genomic clone pAKG previously described by Halling et al., 1985 (Nucl. Acids Res. 13:8019). A second group of cDNA clones, represented by pBL-3, encode a hybrid protein (ricin E), having a ricin-like A chain and N-terminal half of the B chain and an RCA (Ricinus communis agglutinin)-like C-terminal half of the B chain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Kansas, 66045, Lawrence, KS, USA.
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Ladin
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Halling
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Halling
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tilakaratne
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Houston
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Weaver