Expression and functional validation of heat-labile enterotoxin B (LTB) and cholera toxin B (CTB) subunits in transgenic rice (Oryza sativa)

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Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Soh, Ho Seob ^a   Chung, Ha Young ^b   Lee, Hyun Ho ^c   Ajjappala, Hemavathi ^b   Jang, Kyoungok ^c   Park, Jong Hwa ^c   Sim, Joon Soo ^b   Lee, Gee Young ^a   Lee, Hyun Ju ^a   Han, Young Hee ^a   Lim, Jae Wook ^a   Choi, Inchan ^b   Chung, In Sik ^c   Hahn, Bum Soo ^b  

^a Gyeonggido Agricultural Research and Extension Services   (South Korea)

^b National Academy of Agricultural Science   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Enterotoxin; Immunogenicity; Oral vaccine; Oryza sativa; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926310585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40064-015-0847-4     Document Type: Article

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