Recombinant plant-derived pharmaceutical proteins: current technical and economic bottlenecks

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2367-2379

  Sabalza, Maite ^a,b   Christou, Paul ^a,c   Capell, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Molecular pharming; Plant production systems; Plant made pharmaceuticals; Proteins from recombinant plants; Recombinant pharmaceutical proteins

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

MOLECULAR PHARMING; PHARMACEUTICAL PROTEIN; PLANT PRODUCTION; PLANT-MADE PHARMACEUTICALS; RECOMBINANT PLANTS;

RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DRUG APPROVAL; ECONOMICS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR FARMING; PLANT; PROCEDURES;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DRUG APPROVAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR FARMING; PLANTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84911956965     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-014-1621-3     Document Type: Review

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