Efficient expression of a Toxoplasma gondii dense granule Gra4 antigen in tobacco leaves

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 118-122

  Ferraro, Gisela ^a   Becher, Melina Laguía ^a   Angel, Sergio O ^a   Zelada, Alicia ^b   Mentaberry, Alejandro N ^b   Clemente, Marina ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Gra4; Plant transient expression; PVX amplicon; Secretory pathway; Toxoplasma gondii; Vacuum infiltration

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GRANULE 4 PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPLICON; APOPLAST; ARTICLE; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; POTEXVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERUM; TOBACCO; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAULIMOVIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; PLANT LEAVES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TOBACCO; TOXOPLASMA;

CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; POTATO VIRUS X; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 48849083211     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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