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Antibody Engineering pp 301–318Cite as

Antibody Production in Transgenic Plants

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Antibodies bind with great affinity and specificity to their target antigens, allowing them to be exploited in research, medicine, agriculture, and industry (1–3). It is estimated that more than 1,000 antibody-based pharmaceuticals are currently in development, and about 200 of these are already undergoing clinical evaluation in humans. Such widespread use of antibodies would benefit from a safe, convenient, and cost-effective system for large-scale production.

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  1. Institute for Molecular Biology, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

    Eva Stoger & Rainer Fischer

  2. Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, IME, Schmallenberg, Germany

    Stefan Schillberg, Rainer Fischer & Paul Christou

  3. Department of Biology, University of York, York, UK

    Richard M. Twyman

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Stoger, E., Schillberg, S., Twyman, R.M., Fischer, R., Christou, P. (2004). Antibody Production in Transgenic Plants. In: Lo, B.K.C. (eds) Antibody Engineering. Methods in Molecular Biology™, vol 248. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-666-5:301

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