Engineering of a sialic acid synthesis pathway in transgenic plants by expression of bacterial Neu5Ac-synthesizing enzymes

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-25

  Paccalet, Thomas ^a   Bardor, Muriel ^a   Rihouey, Christophe ^a   Delmas, Frédéric ^b   Chevalier, Christian ^b   D'Aoust, Marc André ^c   Faye, Loïc ^a   Vézina, Louis ^c   Gomord, Véronique ^a   Lerouge, Patrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b Univ Bordeaux   (France)

^c Medicago Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glyco engineering; N glycosylation; Recombinant proteins; Sialylation; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LYASE; N ACETYLNEURAMINATE SYNTHASE; N-ACETYLNEURAMINATE SYNTHASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; OXO-ACID-LYASES; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DESMODIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33845760011     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2006.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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