Mechanism of action of the toxic lectins abrin and ricin.

Animals Antitoxins Binding Sites Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor Cell Line Cell Membrane/metabolism Depression, Chemical Erythrocytes/drug effects Lactose/pharmacology Molecular Weight Neoplasm Proteins/biosynthesis Peptide Chain Elongation, Translational/drug effects Peptide Fragments/pharmacology Plant Lectins Plant Proteins/pharmacology Plants, Toxic Protein Biosynthesis Ribosomes/drug effects Ricin/metabolism,pharmacology Ricinus Structure-Activity Relationship Toxins, Biological/metabolism,pharmacology

Antitoxins Neoplasm Proteins Peptide Fragments Plant Lectins Plant Proteins Toxins, Biological Ricin Lactose