Advanced plant-based glycan engineering

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue JUN, 2018, Pages

  Montero Morales, Laura ^a   Steinkellner, Herta ^a  

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

Author keywords

Glycan engineering; Glyco proteins; Glycosylation; N and O linked glycans; Plant biotechnology; Plants

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATION; MACHINERY; MAMMALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

BIO-MANUFACTURING; EXPRESSION SYSTEM; O-LINKED; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANTS; POSITIVE IMPACTS; POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 85048781757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22964185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2018.00081     Document Type: Review

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