Apoplastic and cytosolic expression of full-size antibodies and antibody fragments in Nicotiana tabacum

Transgenic Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 255-263

  Schillberg, Stefan ^a,b   Zimmermann, Sabine ^b   Voss, Andreas ^b   Fischer, Rainer ^a,b  

^a IUCT   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytosolic expression; Plant virus; Recombinant antibody; Single chain antibody; TMV; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY LIBRARY; CDNA LIBRARY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; PLANT GENETICS;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CAPSID; CYTOSOL; EPITOPES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TOBACCO; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033178118     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008937011213     Document Type: Article

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