Purification of spider silk-elastin from transgenic plants and application for human chondrocyte proliferation

Transgenic Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-57

  Scheller, Jürgen ^a   Henggeler, Daniele ^b   Viviani, Angelika ^b   Conrad, Udo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Hochschule Wadenswil   (Switzerland)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chondrocytes; Elastin; Spider silk; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CHO CELL; CRICETULUS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HAMSTER; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; POTATO; SPIDER; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHO CELLS; CHONDROCYTES; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; ELASTIN; HUMANS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPIDERS; TOBACCO;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 1542646078     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TRAG.0000017175.78809.7a     Document Type: Article

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