Characterization of expression of Puumala virus nucleocapsid protein in transgenic plants

Intervirology

Volumn 45, Issue 4-6, 2002, Pages 334-339

  Khattak, Shahryar ^a   Darai, Gholamreza ^b   Süle, Sandor ^c   Rösen Wolff, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Expression; Hantavirus; Nucleocapsid protein; Potato; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HANTAVIRUS; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAMMAL; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT TUBER; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUUMALA VIRUS; RABBIT; SEROTYPE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRUS STRAIN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

NUCLEOCAPSID; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TOBACCO;

HANTAVIRUS; MAMMALIA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PUUMALA VIRUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0036980117     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067926     Document Type: Conference Paper

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