Expression and characterization of antimicrobial peptides Retrocyclin-101 and Protegrin-1 in chloroplasts to control viral and bacterial infections

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 100-115

  Lee, Seung Bum ^a   Li, Baichuan ^a   Jin, Shuangxia ^a   Daniell, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Chloroplast genetic engineering; Molecular farming; Plant made biopharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; DEFENSIN; PROTEGRIN 1; PROTEGRIN-1; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; THETA DEFENSIN; THETA-DEFENSIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPLAST; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; TOBACCO; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIROLOGY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CHLOROPLASTS; DEFENSINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TOBACCO; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TRANSGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 78650067828     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2010.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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