N-Glycosylation of an IgG antibody secreted by Nicotiana tabacum BY-2 cells can be modulated through co-expression of human β-1,4-galactosyltransferase

Transgenic Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 375-384

  Navarre, Catherine ^a   Smargiasso, Nicolas ^b   Duvivier, Laurent ^a   Nader, Joseph ^a   Far, Johann ^b   De Pauw, Edwin ^b   Boutry, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antibody; N Glycosylation; Plant suspension cells; 1,4 Galactosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; N ACETYLLACTOSAMINE SYNTHASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOSYLATION; GOLGI APPARATUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; N-ACETYLLACTOSAMINE SYNTHASE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

EID: 85015972543     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: 15739368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-017-0013-6     Document Type: Article

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