Molecular Farming of Plants and Animals for Human and Veterinary Medicine /

Until recently, agriculture was seen as a minor customer of the pharmaceutical industry. However, as this book amply demonstrates, agriculture may be poised to become a much more important supplier rather than consumer of pharmaceuticals. This book is the most comprehensive and up-to-date compilatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Erickson, L.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Yu, W.-J, Brandle, J., Rymerson, R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Tobacco, a Platform for the Production of Recombinant Proteins
  • 2. Alfalfa: an Efficient Bioreactor for Continuous Recombinant Protein Production
  • 3. The Use of Viral Vectors for the Production Recombinant Proteins in Plants
  • 4. Control of the N-Glycosylation of Therapeutic Glycoproteins Produced in Transgenic Plants: a New Challenge for Glycobiologists
  • 5. Production and Commercialization Biopharmaceuticals from Milk
  • 6. A Seed-derived Oral Subunit Vaccine for Human Cytomegalovirus
  • 7. Use of Plant Virus-Based Expression Systems for the Production of HIV Vaccines
  • 8. Suppression of Autoimmune Diabetes by the Use of Transgenic Plants Expressing Autoantigens to Induce Oral Tolerance
  • 9. The Production and Delivery of Therapeutic Peptides in Plants
  • 10. An Oral Vaccine in Maize Protects Against Transmissible Castroenteritis Virus in Swine
  • 11. Production of Antibodies in Alfalfa (Medicago Sativa)
  • 12. The Production of Recombinant Antibodies in Plants and Plant Cells
  • 13. Immunotherapeutic Potential of Antibodies Produced in Chicken Eggs
  • 14. The Production of Recombinant Cytokines in Plants
  • 15. Edible Vaccines in Plants for Livestock Pathogens
  • Index.