Pharmaceutical foodstuffs-Oral immunization with transgenic plants

Nature Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 5 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 502-503

  Arntzen, Charles J ^a  

^a United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VACCINE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

DRUG RESEARCH; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; NOTE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031979505     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0598supp-502     Document Type: Article

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