Production and characterization of an orally immunogenic Plasmodium antigen in plants using a virus-based expression system

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 846-855

  Webster, Diane E ^a,b   Wang, Lina ^a   Mulcair, Mark ^a   Ma, Charles ^a   Santi, Luca ^c,d   Mason, Hugh S ^c   Wesselingh, Steve L ^a,b   Coppel, Ross L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Univesita Degli Studi di Roma ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunogenicity; Malaria; Plant made vaccine; Plasmodium; PyMSP4 5; Viral vector

Indexed keywords

DNA VACCINE; MALARIA VACCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 4, PLASMODIUM; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 5; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; FEMALE; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PLASMODIUM; TOBACCO; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENETIC VECTORS; MALARIA VACCINES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOBACCO; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; VACCINES, DNA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUS; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PLASMODIUM YOELII; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 70449374925     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2009.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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