title: The production of recombinant pharmaceutical proteins in plants.
abstract: Imagine a world in which any protein, either naturally occurring or designed by man, could be produced safely, inexpensively and in almost unlimited quantities using only simple nutrients, water and sunlight. This could one day become reality as we learn to harness the power of plants for the production of recombinant proteins on an agricultural scale. Molecular farming in plants has already proven to be a successful way of producing a range of technical proteins. The first plant-derived recombinant pharmaceutical proteins are now approaching commercial approval, and many more are expected to follow.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, St. George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK. jma@sghms.ac.uk
authors.forename: Julian K-C
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Pascal M W
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Drake
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Christou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013678:Technology, Pharmaceutical; D019076:Transgenes
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D011994:Recombinant Proteins