Expression Systems for Molecular Farming

Host Plants, Systems and Expression Strategies for Molecular Farming... 

When sufficiently high levels of expression and protein accumulation are achieved, efficient downstream processing protocols must be developed to insure product quality and the economic feasibility of production. As the demand for safe, recombinant pharmaceutical proteins continues to expand, the market potential of plant-produced recombinant proteins is considerable. Molecular farming can produce recombinant proteins at a lower cost than traditional expression systems based on microbial or animal cell culture, and without the risk of contamination with human pathogens. 

This chapter provides an overview of the different expression hosts, systems and strategies available in molecular farming, and discusses their advantages and disadvantages for the production of different types of recombinant proteins. 

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