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Erythrocytes as Carriers of Ricin a Chain: Effects on the Erythrophagocytic Cells

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The Use of Resealed Erythrocytes as Carriers and Bioreactors

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Abstract

Ricin is a cytotoxic protein derived from Ricinus Communis, that inhibits eukaryotic protein synthesis.1 Indeed, the catalytic subunit of the toxin, ricin A chain, inactivates eukaryotic ribosomes by removing a single adenine residue from 28S ribosomal RNA.2

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Laboratoire de Biopharmacologie Transfusionnelle, Centre Régional de Transfusion Sanguine, Tours, France

    Nathalie Chestier

  2. Novacell, Tours, France

    Roger Kravtzoff & Claude Ropars

  3. Centre Régional de Transfusion Sanguine, Tours, France

    Sylvie Canepa & Maurice Chassaigne

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  1. Nathalie Chestier
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  1. University of Urbino, Urbino, Italy

    Mauro Magnani

  2. Agricultural Research Service Food Animal Protection Research Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, College Station, Texas, USA

    John R. DeLoach

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Chestier, N., Kravtzoff, R., Canepa, S., Chassaigne, M., Ropars, C. (1992). Erythrocytes as Carriers of Ricin a Chain: Effects on the Erythrophagocytic Cells. In: Magnani, M., DeLoach, J.R. (eds) The Use of Resealed Erythrocytes as Carriers and Bioreactors. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 326. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3030-5_34

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