Expression of the B subunit of E. coli heat-labile enterotoxin in the chloroplasts of plants and its characterization

Transgenic Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 683-691

  Kang, Tae Jin ^a   Loc, Nguyen Hoang ^a   Jang, Mi Ok ^a   Jang, Yong Suk ^a   Kim, Young Sook ^a   Seo, Jo Eun ^b   Yang, Moon Sik ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

B subunit of E. coli heat labile enterotoxin (LTB); Chloroplast transformation; Edible vaccine; Homologous recombination; Homoplastomy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN LT; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; CHROMOSOME MAP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLASTID; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHLOROPLASTS; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PLASTIDS; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0347693160     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TRAG.0000005114.23991.bc     Document Type: Article

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