Generation of transgenic plants expressing plasma membrane-bound antibodies to the environmental pollutant microcystin-LR

Transgenic Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 701-707

  Barbi, Tommaso ^a   Drake, Pascal M W ^a   Drever, Matthew ^b   van Dolleweerd, Craig J ^a   Porter, Andrew R ^b   Ma, Julian K C ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Microcystin LR; Phytoremediation; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MICROCYSTIN; MICROCYSTIN LR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; POLLUTANT; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTIBODIES; CELL MEMBRANE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MICROCYSTINS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

CYANOBACTERIA; MURINAE; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 79955821960     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-010-9431-4     Document Type: Article

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