Transgenic plants expressing human glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65), a major autoantigen in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 553-560

  Porceddu, Andrea ^a   Falorni, Alberto ^a   Ferradini, Nicoletta ^a   Cosentino, Anna ^a   Calcinaro, Filippo ^a   Faleri, Claudia ^b   Cresti, Mauro ^b   Lorenzetti, Franco ^a   Brunetti, Paolo ^a   Pezzotti, Mario ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Carrot; Diabetes mellitus; Oral tolerance; Tobacco; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN PRODUCTION; AUTOANTIGEN; CARROT; CHLOROPLAST; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IMMUNIZATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MITOCHONDRION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TARGETING; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; THYLAKOID; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACIDS; INSULIN; TOBACCO;

AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CARROT; DIABETES MELLITUS; IMMUNE TOLERANCES; INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL ADMINISTRATION; ORAL TOLERANCES; TRANSGENEIC PLANTS; TRANSGENIC TOBACCO;

RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0033452018     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009605729268     Document Type: Article

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