Preventing unintended proteolysis in plant protein biofactories

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 633-648

  Benchabane, Meriem ^a   Goulet, Charles ^a   Rivard, Daniel ^a   Faye, Loïc ^b   Gomord, Véronique ^b   Michaud, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b IFRMP 23   (France)

Author keywords

Plant molecular farming; Protease inhibitors; Proteases; Protein stabilization; Protein targeting; Proteolytic processing; Recombinant protein degradation

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 49349107658     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2008.00344.x     Document Type: Review

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