Expression of functional recombinant human growth hormone in transgenic soybean seeds

Transgenic Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 811-826

  Cunha, Nicolau B ^a,b   Murad, André M ^a   Cipriano, Thaís M ^a   Araújo, Ana Cláudia G ^a   Aragão, Francisco J L ^a   Leite, Adilson ^c   Vianna, Giovanni R ^a   McPhee, Timothy R ^d   Souza, Gustavo H M F ^e   Waters, Michael J ^d   Rech, Elíbio L ^a  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e WATERS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Human growth hormone; Molecular farming; Protein storage vacuoles; Soybean seeds; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ALPHA COIXIN PROTEIN, COIX LACRYMA JOBI; ALPHA-COIXIN PROTEIN, COIX LACRYMA-JOBI; BETA CONGLYCININ PROTEIN, GLYCINE MAX; BETA-CONGLYCININ PROTEIN, GLYCINE MAX; GLOBULIN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; PLANT ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SEED STORAGE PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL VACUOLE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT SEED; PROMOTER REGION; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, PLANT; GLOBULINS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEED STORAGE PROTEINS; SEEDS; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; SOYBEANS; VACUOLES;

COIX; COIX LACRYMA-JOBI; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 79960472029     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-010-9460-z     Document Type: Article

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