摘要:
A method for synthesizing chimeric influenza virus-like particles (VLPs) within a plant or a portion of a plant is provided. The method involves expression of chimeric influenza HA in a plant or a portion of a plant. The invention is also directed towards a VLP comprising chimeric influenza HA protein and plants lipids. The invention is also directed to a nucleic acid encoding chimeric influenza HA as well as vectors. The VLPs may be used to formulate influenza vaccines, or may be used to enrich existing vaccines.
摘要:
The invention provides methods of producing "empty" RNA virus capsids ( e.g. from Cowpea mosaic virus ) by assembly of viral small (S) and large (L) coat proteins in such a way that encapsidation of native viral RNA is avoided. Aspects of the invention employ in planta expression of capsid components from DNA vectors encoding the S and L proteins or S-L polyproteins including them. Such capsids have utility for the encapsidation or presentation of foreign proteins or desired payloads.
摘要:
Compositions and methods for producing aglycosylated plasminogen (PLG) polypeptides and fragments and variants thereof are provided. Compositions of the invention include isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding aglycosylated PLG polypeptides in which the asparagine (Asn) residue corresponding to residue Asn-289 of the mature human PLG polypeptide has been substituted with an amino acid residue that does not support N -linked glycosylation at that position of the PLG polypeptide, as well as the aglycosylated PLG polypeptides encoded thereby. Expression constructs comprising these PLG-encoding nucleic acid molecules and transgenic plants comprising these expression constructs are also provided. Methods of the invention comprise introducing a PLG-encoding nucleic acid molecule of the invention into a plant of interest and culturing the plant under conditions to produce the aglycosylated PLG polypeptide. The aglycosylated PLG polypeptide allows for significant increases in production and yield of PLG from a plant-based expression system without comprising the ability of the PLG product to be activated to a polypeptide capable of binding fibrin and having serine protease activity, including biologically active plasmin that is also aglycosylated. The activated aglycosylated plasmin is useful to treat diseases or conditions associated with a thrombus.
摘要:
A method for synthesizing influenza virus-like particles (VLPs) within a plant or a portion of a plant is provided. The method involves expression of influenza HA of type A/California/04/09 in plants and the purification by size exclusion chromatography. The invention is also directed towards a VLP comprising influenza HA protein of type A/California/04/09 and plants lipids. The invention is also directed to a nucleic acid encoding influenza HA of type A/California/04/09 as well as vectors. The VLPs may be used to formulate influenza vaccines, or may be used to enrich existing vaccines.
摘要:
An immunogen-specific is adjuvant for a vaccine or inoculum is disclosed. The adjuvant is comprised of particulate recombinant protein body-like assemblies (RPBLAs) that contain a recombinant fusion protein that contains two portions peptide-linked together. A first portion is a protein body-inducing sequence (PBIS) and a second portion is a T-cell stimulating immunogenic polypeptide whose sequence is that of a pathogenic polypeptide sequence present in or induced by a vaccine or inoculum. The adjuvant, when used as an inoculum in a host animal without a prior priming vaccination or inoculation, does not induce production of antibodies or T cell activation to the pathogenic sequence.
摘要:
A process of producing a protein of interest by expressing a sequence of interest in a plant or in plant leaves, comprising: (a) transfecting said plant or said plant leaves with an Agrobacterium strain in the presence or in the absence of a complementing factor, said Agrobacterium strain containing in T-DNA a heterologous DNA sequence having a sequence portion encoding a replicon, wherein said sequence encoding a replicon contains (i) sequences necessary for replicon function of said replicon, said sequences being derived from a plant virus, and (ii) said sequence of interest to be expressed,
(b) optionally isolating said protein of interest from said plant or said plant leaves infiltrated in step (a),
wherein said Agrobacterium strain is provided with a first genetic modification rendering said Agrobacterium strain defective for transfecting organisms with said T-DNA in the absence of said complementing factor.
摘要:
The invention discloses DNA molecules encoding galactosyltransferases, recombinant host cells, tissues or organisms comprising dysfunctional galactosyltransferase gene(s), recombinant host cells, tissues or organisms comprising an introduced functional galactosyltransferase gene, methods for the production of proteins therewith, methods for the production of galactosyltransferase and vectors and uses thereof.
摘要:
A method for synthesizing influenza virus-like particles (VLPs) within a plant or a portion of a plant is provided. The method involves expression of a novel influenza HA protein in plants and its purification The invention is also directed towards a VLP comprising influenza HA protein and plants lipids. The invention is also directed to a nucleic acid encoding improved influenza HA as well as vectors. The VLPs may be used to formulate influenza vaccines, or may be used to enrich existing vaccines.