Expression of biologically active human interferon alpha 2 in Aloe vera

Transgenic Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1349-1357

  Lowther, William ^a,b   Lorick, Kevin ^a   Lawrence, Susan D ^b   Yeow, Wen Shuz ^a,b  

^a Thegreencell Inc   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Biolistic; IFN 2; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; IFNA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ALOE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENOME; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALOE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS; GENOME, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERFERON-ALPHA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENES;

ALOE; ALOE VERA; ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS;

EID: 84870385839     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-012-9616-0     Document Type: Article

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