Recombinant human GAD65 accumulates to high levels in transgenic tobacco plants when expressed as an enzymatically inactive mutant

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 862-872

  Avesani, Linda ^a   Vitale, Alessandro ^b   Pedrazzini, Emanuela ^b   deVirgilio, Maddalena ^b   Pompa, Andrea ^b   Barbante, Alessandra ^b   Gecchele, Elisa ^a   Dominici, Paola ^a   Morandini, Francesca ^a   Brozzetti, Annalisa ^c   Falorni, Alberto ^c   Pezzotti, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

GAD65; T1DM; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; MUTATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77955258362     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2010.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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