 Ricin
"Ricin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A protein phytotoxin from the seeds of Ricinus communis, the castor oil plant. It agglutinates cells, is proteolytic, and causes lethal inflammation and hemorrhage if taken internally.
| Descriptor ID |
D012276
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.450.430.700.750.666 D12.776.034.756 D12.776.503.499.937 D12.776.765.678.906.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Ricin- Ricin
- Ricinus Toxin
- Toxin, Ricinus
- Lectin, Castor Bean
- RCA60
- Castor Bean Lectin
- Lectin, Ricinus
- Ricinus Lectin
- RCA 60
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| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ricin" by people in Profiles.
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Korennykh AV, Correll CC, Piccirilli JA. Evidence for the importance of electrostatics in the function of two distinct families of ribosome inactivating toxins. RNA. 2007 Sep; 13(9):1391-6.
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Szatrowski TP, Dodge RK, Reynolds C, Westbrook CA, Frankel SR, Sklar J, Stewart CC, Hurd DD, Kolitz JE, Velez-Garcia E, Stone RM, Bloomfield CD, Schiffer CA, Larson RA. Lineage specific treatment of adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in first remission with anti-B4-blocked ricin or high-dose cytarabine: Cancer and Leukemia Group B Study 9311. Cancer. 2003 Mar 15; 97(6):1471-80.
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Tanemura M, Ogawa H, Yin DP, Chen ZC, DiSesa VJ, Galili U. Elimination of anti-Gal B cells by alpha-Gal ricin1. Transplantation. 2002 Jun 27; 73(12):1859-68.
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Rosenbloom M, Leikin JB, Vogel SN, Chaudry ZA. Biological and chemical agents: a brief synopsis. Am J Ther. 2002 Jan-Feb; 9(1):5-14.
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