Comparative analysis of recombinant Human Papillomavirus 8L1 production in plants by a variety of expression systems and purification methods

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 410-421

  Matić, Slavica ^a   Masenga, Vera ^a   Poli, Alice ^a   Rinaldi, Riccardo ^a   Milne, Robert G ^a   Vecchiati, Manuela ^a   Noris, Emanuela ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE PLANT PROTECTION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capsomers; Human papillomavirus 8; Major capsid protein L1; Plant transient expression; Virus like particles

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CAPSID PROTEIN; HPV L1 PROTEIN, HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS; MUTANT PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; T DNA; T-DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL FRACTIONATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLANT EXUDATE; TOBACCO; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRION; VIROLOGY;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CAPSID PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MUTANT PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, VIRAL; PLANT EXUDATES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TOBACCO; VIRION;

COWPEA MOSAIC VIRUS; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 8; MIRIDAE; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 84859426694     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2011.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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