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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298340703321

Autore

Alvarez Maria Alejandra

Titolo

Plant Biotechnology for Health : From Secondary Metabolites to Molecular Farming / / by Maria Alejandra Alvarez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-05771-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 p.)

Disciplina

54

580

615.19

660.6

Soggetti

Biotechnology

Plant science

Botany

Pharmaceutical technology

Plant Sciences

Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Plants for Health: from secondary metabolites to molecular farming  -- Plants for Health -- Plant Secondary Metabolism -- In Vitro Plant Cultures as Biofactories -- Solasodine production in Solanum eleagnifolium in vitro cultures -- Molecular Farming in Plants -- The Antibody 14D9 as an Experimental Model for Molecular Farming -- Expression of the Potentially Immunogenic Truncated Glycoprotein E2 (from Viral Bovine Diarrhoea Virus) in Nicotiana Tabacum -- Mathematical Modelling in Recombinant Plant Systems: The Challenge to Produce Heterologous Proteins under GLP/GMP.

Sommario/riassunto

In vitro plant cell cultures have provided a tool for studying plant metabolism and physiology and to explore productive processes of secondary metabolites. More recently, genetic engineering has allowed the use of in vitro cultures to modulate plant biosynthetic pathways and to express heterologous proteins of biomedical relevance. The aim of



this book is to offer background information to students and researchers in the fields of Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Farming about the potential of in vitro cultures to perform phytofermentations and molecular farming. Also, the application of in vitro cultures for the production of specific secondary metabolites and recombinant proteins is reviewed.