Immunomodulation of enzyme function in plants by single-domain antibody fragments

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-80

  Jobling, Stephen A ^a   Jarman, Carl ^a   Teh, Min Min ^a   Holmberg, Niklas ^a,b   Blake, Caroline ^a   Verhoeyen, Martine E ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Alligator Bioscience AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; ENZYMES;

CYTOPLASMS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BINDING AFFINITY; CYTOPLASM; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME INHIBITION; IMMUNOMODULATION; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING;

1,4-ALPHA-GLUCAN BRANCHING ENZYME; ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; AMYLOSE; ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; PLANT TUBERS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STARCH;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; CAMELIDAE; LAMA (CAMEL);

EID: 0037225784     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt772     Document Type: Article

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