Expression of cholera toxin B subunit and the B chain of human insulin as a fusion protein in transgenic tobacco plants

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 417-424

  Li, Dora ^a   O'Leary, Jennifer ^a   Huang, Yan ^b   Huner, Norman P A ^a   Jevnikar, Anthony M ^b,c   Ma, Shengwu ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Plantigen Inc   (Canada)

^c LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diabetes; Cholera toxin B subunit (CTB); Oral tolerance; The B chain of human insulin; Transgenic plant expression system

Indexed keywords

GENES; INSULIN; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

AUTOIMMUNE DIABETES; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT (CTB); ORAL TOLERANCE; THE B CHAIN OF HUMAN INSULIN; TRANSGENIC PLANT EXPRESSION SYSTEM;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

CHOLERA TOXIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CHOLERA TOXIN; HUMANS; INSULIN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

GENES; POISONS; PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

AGROBACTERIUM; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 33645996068     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-005-0069-2     Document Type: Article

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