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. 1979 Aug 15;182(2):633–635. doi: 10.1042/bj1820633

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

L Barbieri, E Lorenzoni, F Stirpe
PMCID: PMC1161349  PMID: 508306

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.

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