Immunogenicity of nuclear-encoded LTB:ST fusion protein from Escherichia coli expressed in tobacco plants

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1145-1152

  Rosales Mendoza, Sergio ^a   Soria Guerra, Ruth E ^a   Moreno Fierros, Leticia ^b   Govea Alonso, Dania O ^a   Herrera Díaz, Areli ^c   Korban, Schuyler S ^d   Alpuche Solís, Ángel G ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Broader protective vaccine; Chimeric protein; Oral immunization

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; HEAT STABLE TOXIN (E COLI); HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUS; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 79955941041     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-011-1023-0     Document Type: Article

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