Production of Recombinant Human Interleukin-11 (IL-11) in Transgenic Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) Plants

reducing toxicity using transgenic tobacco (nicotiana tabacum l.) plants

Recombinant soluble interleukin-11 (IL-11) receptor alpha-chain can act as an IL-11 antagonist.

We have expressed a soluble N-glycosylated form of the murine interleukin-11 (IL-11) receptor alpha-chain (sIL-11R) and examined signaling in cells expressing the gp130 molecule. In the presence of gp130 but not the transmembrane IL-11R, the sIL-11R mediated IL-11-dependent differentiation of M1 leukemic cells and proliferation in Ba/F3 cells. Early intracellular events stimulated by the sIL-11...

Expression of HPV-11 L1 protein in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana and Nicotiana tabacum

BACKGROUND We have investigated the possibility and feasibility of producing the HPV-11 L1 major capsid protein in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana ecotype Columbia and Nicotiana tabacum cv. Xanthi as potential sources for an inexpensive subunit vaccine. RESULTS Transformation of plants was only achieved with the HPV-11 L1 gene with the C-terminal nuclear localization signal (NLS-) encoding re...

Production of the biodegradable polymer cyanophycin in transgenic Nicotiana tabacum and Solanum tuberosum plants

Monograph of Tobacco (nicotiana Tabacum)

The use of tobacco dates back to the ancient civilizations of the Americas, where it played a central role in religious occasions. The peoples smoked tobacco in cigars and pipes and chewed it with lime, for its pleasurable euphoriant effects. In the 16 th century, Europeans spread the use of tobacco in North America, while the Spanish bring it into Europe. In the 1559, Jean Nicot, the French am...