Tobacco plastidial thioredoxins as modulators of recombinant protein production in transgenic chloroplasts

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 639-650

  Sanz Barrio, Ruth ^a   Millán, Alicia Fernández San ^a   Corral Martínez, Patricia ^b   Seguí Simarro, José M ^b   Farran, Inmaculada ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROBIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Human serum albumin; Plastid transformation; Thioredoxin; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; HYBRID PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; THIOREDOXIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPLAST; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLASMID; PLASTID; SOLUBILITY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CHLOROPLAST THIOREDOXINS; CHLOROPLASTS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; PLASTIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SOLUBILITY; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 79955672685     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2011.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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