Transient expression in tobacco leaves of an aglycosylated recombinant antibody against the epidermal growth factor receptor

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 188-194

  Rodríguez, Meilyn ^a   Ramírez, Nadia I ^a   Ayala, Marta ^a   Freyre, Freya ^a   Pérez, Lincidio ^a   Triguero, Ada ^b   Mateo, Cristina ^c   Selman Housein, Guillermo ^a   Gavilondo, Jorge V ^a   Pujol, Merardo ^a  

^a CENTER FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Cuba)

^b Ctr Gen Eng/Bio Sancti Spiritus   (Cuba)

^c CENTER OF MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Aglycosylation; Anti EGF receptor; Immunofluorescence; Nicotiana tabacum; Transient expression; Vacuum infiltration

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; CELL CULTURE; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; INFILTRATION; PROTEINS; TUMORS; VACUUM;

AGROBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; TOBACCO LEAVES; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

TOBACCO;

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NIMOTUZUMAB; RECOMBINANT ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PLASMID; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO;

AGROBACTERIUM; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 19944432050     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20333     Document Type: Article

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