Tomato cystatin SlCYS8 as a stabilizing fusion partner for human serpin expression in plants

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1058-1068

  Sainsbury, Frank ^a,c   Varennes Jutras, Philippe ^a   Goulet, Marie Claire ^a   D'Aoust, Marc André ^b   Michaud, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Medicago Inc   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpha 1 antichymotrypsin; Fusion proteins; Peptide linkers; Plant cystatins; Plant based protein expression; Recombinant proteins

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA;

ALPHA 1 ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; CYSTATIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALPHA-1-ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; FUSION PROTEINS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE LINKERS; PLANT CYSTATINS; PLANT-BASED PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TOBACCO; TOMATO; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALPHA-1-ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; FUSION PROTEINS; PEPTIDE LINKERS; PLANT CYSTATINS; PLANT-BASED PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ALPHA 1-ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CYSTATINS; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; HUMANS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN STABILITY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; TOBACCO; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84888130348     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12098     Document Type: Article

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