Recombinant proteins from transgenic plants

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 411-416

  Franken, Eva ^a   Teuschel, Ute ^a   Hain, Rüdiger ^a  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VACCINE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IMMUNITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VACCINE PRODUCTION;

FUNGI; INSECTA;

EID: 0030744551     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(97)80061-4     Document Type: Article

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