Plant Biotechnology

New Products and Applications

J. Hammond, P. McGarvey, V. Yusibov (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

XI, 196 Seiten

1999 | 2000
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-66265-5 (ISBN)

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The title of this volume, Plant Biotechnology: Nell' Products and Applications, may look a little out of place among previous vol umes of Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology that have focused mostly on issues related to human health and ani mal biology, However, plant biology has always been of immense and has enjoyed an intimate relationship practical importance, with medicine and other biological sciences for centuries, In creasing scientific specialization and the dramatic advances in the medical and chemical sciences during this century have left many persons with the impression that plant biology and plant bio technology is important only in relation to the agricultural sci ences, This is no longer true. Within the past year a genetically engineered plant virus has been used to vaccinate and protect against an animal disease (see the chapter by Lomonossoff and Hamilton), the first human trials of a potential transgenic plant based oral vaccine against cholera have been conducted (see the chapter by Richter and Kipp), and the first human trial of an injectable transgenic plant-derived therapeutic protein is under way (discussed in the chapter by Russell et al. ). Today plant biotechnology is being used in new and creative ways to produce therapeutic products for medicine and plastics for industry as well as new disease-and stress-resistant crops for agriculture.

List of Contents.- Overview: The Many Uses and Applications of Transgenic Plants.- 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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.9.1999
Reihe/Serie	Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
Zusatzinfo	XI, 196 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	330 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
Schlagworte	Biotechnologie • Biotechnology • gene transfer • HC/Biologie/Botanik • Protein • transgen • Vaccine
ISBN-10	3-540-66265-0 / 3540662650
ISBN-13	978-3-540-66265-5 / 9783540662655
Zustand	Neuware