Low-cost production of proinsulin in tobacco and lettuce chloroplasts for injectable or oral delivery of functional insulin and C-peptide

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 585-598

  Boyhan, Diane ^a   Daniell, Henry ^a  

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

Author keywords

Chloroplast biotechnology; Diabetes; Molecular farming; Plant made pharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; INSULIN; PROINSULIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPLAST; ECONOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LETTUCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PLANT LEAF; TOBACCO; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; C-PEPTIDE; CHLOROPLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INSULIN; LETTUCE; MICE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROINSULIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

LACTUCA; MUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 79955647602     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2010.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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