Protein N-glycosylation in eukaryotic microalgae and its impact on the production of nuclear expressed biopharmaceuticals

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Mathieu Rivet, Elodie ^a   Kiefer Meyer, Marie Christine ^a   Vanier, Gaëtan ^a   Ovide, Clément ^a   Burel, Carole ^a   Lerouge, Patrice ^a   Bardor, Muriel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Biopharmaceuticals; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Endoplasmic reticulum; Glycan; Glycosylation pathway; Golgi apparatus; Microalgae; Phaeodactylum tricornutum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979738497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00359     Document Type: Review

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