Article
Transgenic plants expressing a functional single-chain Fv antibody are specifically protected from virus attack.
Nature - 2 Dec 1993
Tavladoraki P, Benvenuto E, Trinca S, De Martinis D, Cattaneo A, Galeffi P
Abstract excerpt
Expression of viral genes in transgenic plants is a very effective tool for attenuating plant viral infection. Nevertheless, the lack of generality and risk issues related to the expression of viral genes in plants might limit the exploitation of this strategy. Expression in plants of antibodies against essential viral proteins could provide an alternative approach to engineer viral resistance. Recently,...
Topics
- Antibodies, Viral
- Base Sequence
- Capsid
- Cloning, Molecular
- Immunoglobulin Fragments
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Neutralization Tests
- Phenotype
- Plant Diseases
- Plants, Genetically Modified
- Plants, Toxic