The use of rice seeds to produce human pharmaceuticals for oral therapy

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1133-1143

  Wakasa, Yuhya ^a   Takaiwa, Fumio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genetically modified crop; Oryza sativa L.; Pharmaceutical protein; Seed storage protein; Transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS; ORYZA SATIVA L; PHARMACEUTICAL PROTEIN; SEED STORAGE PROTEINS; TRANSGENIC RICE;

DRUG THERAPY; PEPTIDES; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS;

SEED;

PLANT ANTIGEN; PLANT EXTRACT; POLLEN ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RICE SEED EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOST; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; JAPANESE CEDAR; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RICE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC CROP;

GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; ORYZA SATIVA L.; PHARMACEUTICAL PROTEIN; SEED STORAGE PROTEIN; TRANSGENIC RICE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PLANT; BIOREACTORS; CRYPTOMERIA; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; HUMANS; MICE; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84884923204     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201300065     Document Type: Review

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