Recent developments in therapeutic protein expression technologies in plants

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 265-279

  Fahad, Shah ^a   Khan, Faheem Ahmed ^a   Pandupuspitasari, Nuruliarizki Shinta ^a   Ahmed, Muhammad Mahmood ^a   Liao, Yu Cai ^a   Waheed, Muhammad Tahir ^b   Sameeullah, Muhammad ^e   Darkhshan, ^f   Hussain, Saddam ^a   Saud, Shah ^c   Hassan, Shah ^d   Jan, Amanullah ^d   Jan, Mohammad Tariq ^d   Wu, Chao ^a   Chun, Ma Xiao ^a   Huang, Jianliang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^e ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f Women Institute of Learning   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Bacterial cells; Biopharmaceuticals; Mammalian cells; Protein expression; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; DISEASES; MAMMALS; VACCINES;

BACTERIAL CELLS; BIOPHARMACEUTICALS; HETEROLOGOUS PROTEINS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MAMMALIAN CELLS; PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS; PROTEIN EXPRESSIONS; THERAPEUTIC PROTEIN;

RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VACCINE;

ANIMAL; BIOREACTOR; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BIOREACTORS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; MICE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; VACCINES;

EID: 84925518115     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-014-1699-7     Document Type: Review

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