Expression of Recombinant Hepatitis B Virus Antigen Hbsag in Transgenic Plant Callus

Authors: Kawashima C.G.; Baba E.H.; Hansen E.

Source: Protein and Peptide Letters, Volume 8, Number 2, April 2001 , pp. 97-100(4)

Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers

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Abstract:

The coding sequence of the surface antigen HBsAg of hepatitis B virus was cloned into a plant expression vector under the control of cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter. Cotyledons, hypocotyls and roots of lettuce cultivar Vit?ria were transformed by cocultivation with Agrobacterium tumefaciens harbouring the recombinant plasmid. Lettuce callus tissue grown on selective medium was analysed and the presence of the transgene confirmed by PCR. Expression of recombinant protein HbsAg was confirmed by Western Blot.

Keywords: hepatitis b virus antigen hbsag; agrobacterium tumefaciens; hepatitis b virusantigen HBsAg; polypeptides; antigenicity; immunogenicity

Language: English

Document Type: Review article

DOI: 10.2174/0929866013409571

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