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A recombinant mutant abrin A chain expressed in Escherichia coli can be used as an effective vaccine candidate.
Human vaccines - 1 Aug 2011
Han Yan-Hui, Gao Shan, Xin Wen-Wen, Kang Lin, Wang Jing-Lin
Abstract excerpt
We used site-directed mutagenesis to mutate two key amino acid residues, Glu164 and Arg167, of abrin A chain (ABRA), creating a mutant ABRA(E164AR167L). The mutant ABRA(mABRA) encoded by mABRA(E164AR167L) was expressed in the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli, and used to develop an effective vaccine to protect mice against native abrin intoxication. The cytotoxicity of mABRA was dramatically reduced as compared to...
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