Loma Linda University
HIV cholera toxin fusion gene expressed in transgenic potato
Published in Law and Health Weekly, October 30th, 2004
"A cDNA fragment encoding the V3 loop of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) envelope glycoprotein gp120 was fused to the cholera toxin B subunit gene (CTB-gp120) and transferred into Solanum tuberosum cells by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. The CTB-gp 120 fusion gene was detected in genomic DNA from transformed potato leaves by PCR DNA amplification. Synthesis and assembly of the CTB-gp120 fusion protein into oligomeric structures of pentamer size was detected in transformed tuber extracts by immunoblot analysis,"...
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