Rabies glycoprotein fused with B subunit of cholera toxin expressed in tobacco plants folds into biologically active pentameric protein

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 184-190

  Roy, Sribash ^a   Tyagi, Antariksh ^a   Tiwari, Siddharth ^a   Singh, Ankit ^a   Sawant, Samir V ^a   Singh, Pradhyumna K ^a   Tuli, Rakesh ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cholera toxin; Edible vaccine; Mucosal carrier; Rabies glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; CHOLERA VACCINE; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN G, RABIES VIRUS; HYBRID PROTEIN; RABIES VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; TOBACCO;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHOLERA TOXIN; CHOLERA VACCINES; GLYCOPROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RABIES VACCINES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TOBACCO; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77049124994     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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