Accumulation of antibody fusion proteins in the cytoplasm and ER of plant cells

Plant Science

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-71

  Spiegel, Holger ^a   Schillberg, Stefan ^a,b   Sack, Markus ^a   Holzem, Achim ^a   Nähring, Jörg ^a   Monecke, Michael ^a   Liao, Yu Cai ^a   Fischer, Rainer ^a,b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b IUCT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Protein stability; Protein targeting; Recombinant antibodies; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COAT PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; THIOREDOXIN;

ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TARGETING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 0033550269     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(99)00145-4     Document Type: Article

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