Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression as an approach to production of recombinant proteins in plants

Recent Patents on Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 198-208

  Sheludko, Yuriy V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Nicotiana benthamiana; Plant; Recombinant protein; Transient expression; Viral vector

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIA; AGROBACTERIUM MEDIATED; FOREIGN GENES; GENES EXPRESSION; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; PLANT; PLANT SYSTEMS; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION; VIRAL VECTORS;

RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

RECOMBINANT DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PATENT; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM;

AGROBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA;

EID: 58149119503     PISSN: 18722083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187220808786241033     Document Type: Review

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