Transgenic rice as a vehicle for the production of the industrial enzyme transglutaminase

Transgenic Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-199

  Claparols, M I ^a   Bassie, L ^b   Miro, B ^b   Del Duca, S ^c   Rodriguez Montesinos, J ^b   Christou, P ^b   Serafini Fracassini, D ^c   Capell, T ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Direct DNA transfer; Molecular farming; Oryza sativa; Transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; INDUSTRY; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; INDUSTRY; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; TRANSGLUTAMINASES; ZEA MAYS;

ORYZA SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 3242877432     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TRAG.0000026073.96199.c4     Document Type: Article

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