Plant Biotechnology : New Products and Applications /

This volume reviews the latest research on using genetically engineered plants and plant viruses to produce new products for medicine and industry. Individual chapters cover the three main technologies for engineering plants: Agrobacterium-mediated transformation; particle bombardment transformation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hammond, John
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: McGarvey, Peter, Yusibov, Vidaldi
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint : Springer, 2000.
Series:Current topics in microbiology and immunology ; 240.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Overview
  • Lessons in Gene Transfer to Plants by a Gifted Microbe
  • Particle Bombardment Mediated Transformation
  • Plant Viral Vectors Based on Tobamoviruses
  • Transgenic Plants for Therapeutic Proteins: Linking Upstream and Downstream Strategies
  • Feasibility of Antibody Production in Plants for Human Therapeutic Use
  • Pokeweed Antiviral Protein and its Applications
  • Transgenic Plants as Edible Vaccines
  • Cowpea Mosaic Virus Based Vaccines.