Novel Mechanism Revealed For Increasing Recombinant Protein Yield In Tobacco
Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 20:28
in Biology & Nature
Elastin-like polypeptides cause plants to store GM proteins in special "protein bodies," insulating them from normal cellular degradation processes and increasing the overall protein yield. Researchers have visualized the mechanism by which the synthetic biopolymer increases the accumulation of recombinant proteins.