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what is plantibodies?

 The term "plantibodies"  describes the products of plants that have been genetically engineered to express antibodies and antibody fragments in planta, with many applications. (Antibodies were first produced in tobacco plants approximately twelve years ago, Smith, 1996). Plants are being used in this technology as antibody factories, using their endomembrane and secretory systems to produce large amounts of clinically viable proteins which can later be purified from the plant tissue. The purified antibodies have many possible applications, for example, as diagnostic tools, in immunochromatography or in medical therapy (Jaeger et. al., 2000)


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