Pharmaceutical proteins in plants: A strategic genetic engineering approach for the production of tuberculosis antigens

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1149, Issue , 2008, Pages 275-280

  Frutos, Roger ^a   Denise, Hubert ^b   Vivares, Christian ^b   Neuhaus, Jean Marc ^c   Vitale, Sandro ^d   Pedrazzini, Emmanuela ^d   Ma, Julian ^e   Dix, Phil ^f   Gray, John ^g   Pezzotti, Mario ^h   Conrad, Udo ⁱ   Robinson, David ^j  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^d CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^e ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

ⁱ Gatersleben Research Institute   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Pharma Planta; Pharming; Plant biotechnology; Tuberculosis; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; PLANT EXTRACT;

BCG VACCINATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATTLE DISEASE; CHLOROPLAST; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG INDUSTRY; EUROPEAN UNION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVESTOCK; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RABIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINE PRODUCTION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOONOSIS;

BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 57849114059     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1428.089     Document Type: Conference Paper

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