Rice endosperm is cost-effective for the production of recombinant griffithsin with potent activity against HIV

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1427-1437

  Vamvaka, Evangelia ^a   Arcalis, Elsa ^b   Ramessar, Koreen ^c   Evans, Abbey ^d   O'Keefe, Barry R ^c   Shattock, Robin J ^d   Medina, Vicente ^a   Stöger, Eva ^b   Christou, Paul ^a,e   Capell, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

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

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Endosperm; Griffithsin; HIV; Lectin; Microbicides; Rice

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GRIFFITHSIN PROTEIN, GRIFFITHSIA; PLANT LECTIN;

CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOSPERM; GENETICS; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; ORYZA; PROTEIN FOLDING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOSPERM; HELA CELLS; HIV; HUMANS; ORYZA; PLANT LECTINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 84956936635     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12507     Document Type: Article

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