- castor bean lectin
- лектин семян клещевины
English-russian biological dictionary. 2013.
English-russian biological dictionary. 2013.
Bean — is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of the family Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae) used for human food or animal feed. Although beans usually means the seeds of bean plants, it can also mean (especially in the US) the whole… … Wikipedia
Lectin — Lectins are sugar binding proteins which are highly specific for their sugar moieties. They typically play a role in biological recognition phenomena involving cells and proteins. For example, some bacteria use lectins to attach themselves to the … Wikipedia
Ricinus communis agglutinin — Lectin (120 kD) from castor bean, with specificity similar to ricin, but much less toxic … Dictionary of molecular biology
Ricin — (pronEng|ˈraɪ sɨn) is a protein toxin that is extracted from the castor bean ( Ricinus communis ).The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) gives a possible minimum figure of 500 micrograms (about the size of a grain of salt) Fact|date=May 2008… … Wikipedia
ricin — A highly toxic lectin and hemagglutin occurring in the seeds (castor beans) of the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis; if eaten, acts as a violent irritant and may be fatal; an N glycosidase that acts on the GOS subunit of rRNA. * * * ri·cin rīs… … Medical dictionary
ricin — Highly toxic lectin (66 kD) from seeds of the castor bean, Ricinus communis. Has toxic A subunit (32 kD), carbohydrate binding B subunit (34 kD). Toxic subunit inactivates ribosomes, and the binding subunit is specific for b galactosyl residues … Dictionary of molecular biology