Proteolytic and N-glycan processing of human α1-antitrypsin expressed in Nicotiana benthamiana

Plant Physiology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1839-1851

  Castilho, Alexandra ^a   Windwarder, Markus ^a   Gattinger, Pia ^a   Mach, Lukas ^a   Strasser, Richard ^a   Altmann, Friedrich ^a   Steinkellner, Herta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA;

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SECRETORY PATHWAY; TOBACCO; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; PLANT LEAVES; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEOLYSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SECRETORY PATHWAY; SERINE PROTEASES; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; TOBACCO; VACUOLES;

EID: 84914133229     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.250720     Document Type: Article

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