Toxic Plant Proteins

1. Evolution of Plant Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins
Willy J. Peumans, Els J. M. Damme

2. RNA N-Glycosidase Activity of Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins
Kazuyuki Takai, Tatsuya Sawasaki, Yaeta Endo

3. Enzymatic Activities of Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins
Martin R. Hartley

4. Type I Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins from Saponaria officinalis

Alessio Lombardi, Richard S. Marshall, Carmelinda Savino, Maria Serena Fabbrini, Aldo Ceriotti

5. Type 1 Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins from the Ombú Tree (Phytolacca dioica L.)
Augusto Parente, Rita Berisio, Angela Chambery, Antimo Maro

6.
Sambucus Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins and Lectins
José Miguel Ferreras, Lucía Citores, Rosario Iglesias, Pilar Jiménez, Tomás Girbés

7. Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins from Abrus pulchellus

Ana Paula Ulian Araújo, Priscila Vasques Castilho, Leandro Seiji Goto

8. Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins in Cereals
Carlotta Balconi, Chiara Lanzanova, Mario Motto

9. Ribosome Inactivating Proteins and Apoptosis
Deepa Sikriwal, Janendra K. Batra

10. The Synthesis of Ricinus communis Lectins
Lorenzo Frigerio, Lynne M. Roberts

11. How Ricin Reaches its Target in the Cytosol of Mammalian Cells
Robert A. Spooner, Jonathan P. Cook, Shuyu Li, Paula Pietroni, J. Michael Lord

12. Ribosome-Inactivating Protein-Containing Conjugates for Therapeutic Use
Giulio Fracasso, Fiorenzo Stirpe, Marco Colombatti

Keywords: Life Sciences, Plant Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Plant Physiology, Plant Sciences