title: Harvesting blood proteins from grain.
abstract: A multidisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Ottawa has expressed a human blood protein, granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor, in tobacco seeds as part of a series of experiments whose ultimate goal is to express human blood proteins in cereal crops. Success in these experiments may lead to the development of a new, relatively inexpensive and ready supply of these proteins from a biologic source that is generally recognized as safe. The team is also studying the possibility of expressing in seeds proteins that may be used as vaccines against infectious diseases.
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authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D002523:Edible Grain / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000235:genetics; D005821:Genetic Techniques; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D012639:Seeds / Q000235:genetics; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D004247:DNA