Fungi are amazing organisms, being able to use almost any surface (eg, bathroom tile, skin,
or leaves) for growth. Unfortunately, they also are proficient at colonizing and using plants …

The ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) from plants are RNA N-glycosidases that
depurinate the major rRNA, thus damaging ribosomes, and arresting protein synthesis [1-8] …

To meet the demands for food of the expanding world population, there is need of new ways
for protecting plant crops against predators and pathogens while avoiding the use of …

It is becoming increasingly evident that a plant–pathogen interaction may be compared to an
open warfare, whose major weapons are proteins synthesized by both organisms. These …

Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins (RIPs) are enzymes that trigger the catalytic inactivation of
ribosomes and other substrates. They are present in a large number of plants and have …

The first edition of this book, Chemical Warfare Agents: Toxicity at Low Levels, was
published just prior to the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. Reflecting a greater …

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: The leaves of Sambucus ebulus L. are used in
Turkish folk medicine for treatment of high fever, rheumatic pains, snake bites and wounds …

Several protein toxins, including the A chain of ricin (RTA), enter mammalian cells by
endocytosis and subsequently reach their cytosolic substrates by translocation across the …

Many plants contain proteins that are commonly designated as ribosome-inactivating
proteins (RIPs). Based on the structure of the genes and the mature proteins a novel system …

Dwarf elder (Sambucus ebulus L) is one of the best known medicinal herbs since ancient
times. In view of its benefits as a widely applicable phytomedicine, it is still used in folk …