Highly efficient production of human interferon-α by transgenic cultured rice cells

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 283-289

  Shirono, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Morita, Satoshi ^a   Miki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kurita, Akihiro ^a   Morita, Shigeto ^a   Koga, Junichi ^b   Tanaka, Kunisuke ^a   Masumura, Takehiro ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JCR Pharmaceuticals Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Interferon ; Recombinant protein; Transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; ANIMALIA; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 33746046770     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.23.283     Document Type: Article

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