Novel Transgenic Rice-Based Vaccines

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 87-99

  Azegami, Tatsuhiko ^a,b   Itoh, Hiroshi ^b   Kiyono, Hiroshi ^a   Yuki, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

MucoRice CTB; Mucosal immunity; Oral vaccine; Rice based vaccine

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; PLANT ANTIGEN; VACCINE;

ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORYZA; PLANT; PLANT SEED; PRIMATE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VACCINATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PLANT; CHOLERA TOXIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; MICE; ORYZA; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PRIMATES; SEEDS; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 84939876236     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: 16614917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00005-014-0303-0     Document Type: Review

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