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Translational fusion and redirection to thylakoid lumen as strategies to enhance accumulation of human papillomavirus E7 antigen in tobacco chloroplasts.
Molecular biotechnology - 1 Nov 2014
Morgenfeld Mauro, Lentz Ezequiel, Segretin María Eugenia, Alfano E Federico, Bravo-Almonacid Fernando
Abstract excerpt
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the causal agent of cervical cancer, one of the most common causes of death in women worldwide, and its E7 antigen is the major candidate for a therapeutic vaccine. The large scale production of E7 by molecular farming that would lead to the development of a safe and inexpensive vaccine is impaired by its low accumulation level in the plant cell. To enhance antigen production in the...
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