Vacuolar targeting of recombinant antibodies in Nicotiana benthamiana

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2265-2275

  Ocampo, Carolina Gabriela ^a   Lareu, Jorge Fabricio ^a   Marin Viegas, Vanesa Soledad ^a   Mangano, Silvina ^a,c   Loos, Andreas ^b,d   Steinkellner, Herta ^b   Petruccelli, Silvana ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO EN CRIOTECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CIDCA   (Argentina)

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

^c FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO LELOIR   (Argentina)

^d Aridis Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

Author keywords

immunoglobulin; molecular farming; N glycosylation; secretory pathway; vacuolar sorting signals; vacuolar transport

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYSACCHARIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

CELL VACUOLE; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; METABOLISM; TOBACCO;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; POLYSACCHARIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TOBACCO; VACUOLES;

EID: 84977156831     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12580     Document Type: Article

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