A functional antibody lacking N-linked glycans is efficiently folded, assembled and secreted by tobacco mesophyll protoplasts

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 497-504

  Nuttall, James ^a   Ma, Julian K C ^b   Frigerio, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibody; Endoplasmic reticulum; Glycan; Glycosylation; Recombinant

Indexed keywords

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EID: 33845621148     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2005.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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