Pea-derived vaccines demonstrate high immunogenicity and protection in rabbits against rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 537-549

  Mikschofsky, Heike ^a   Schirrmeier, Horst ^b   Keil, Günther M ^b   Lange, Bodo ^c   Polowick, Patricia L ^d   Keller, Wilf ^e   Broer, Inge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c Riemser Arzneimittel AG   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^e Genome Prairie   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Cholera toxin B subunit (CTB); Plant derived vaccines; Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV); VP60

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PLANT DNA; VIRAL PROTEIN 60, RABBIT HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LAGOVIRUS; PEA; PROMOTER REGION; RABBIT; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHOLERA TOXIN; DNA, PLANT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS, RABBIT; PEAS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRAL VACCINES;

BRASSICA NAPUS; INERMIA (FISH); LAGOVIRUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PISUM SATIVUM; RABBIT HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 67650317922     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2009.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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