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Plant Biotechnology

New Products and Applications

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Editors:
  1. John Hammond

    1. Florist and Nursery Crops Unit, USDA-ARS, USNA, Beltsville, USA

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  2. Peter McGarvey

    1. National Biomedical Research Foundation, Georgetown University Medical Center, USA

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  3. Vidaldi Yusibov

    1. Biotechnology Foundation Labs., Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA

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Part of the book series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology (CT MICROBIOLOGY, volume 240)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Overview: The Many Uses and Applications of Transgenic Plants

    • J. Hammond
    Pages 1-19

  3. Lessons in Gene Transfer to Plants by a Gifted Microbe

    • G. Hansen, M. D. Chilton
    Pages 21-57

  4. Particle Bombardment Mediated Transformation

    • J. J. Finer, K. R. Finer, T. Ponappa
    Pages 59-80

  5. Plant Viral Vectors Based on Tobamoviruses

    • V. Yusibov, S. Shivprasad, T. H. Turpen, W. Dawson, H. Koprowski
    Pages 81-94

  6. Transgenic Plants for Therapeutic Proteins: Linking Upstream and Downstream Strategies

    • C. L. Cramer, J. G. Boothe, K. K. Oishi
    Pages 95-118

  7. Feasibility of Antibody Production in Plants for Human Therapeutic Use

    • D. A. Russell
    Pages 119-138

  8. Pokeweed Antiviral Protein and Its Applications

    • N. E. Tumer, K. Hudak, R. Di, C. Coetzer, P. Wang, O. Zoubenko
    Pages 139-158

  9. Transgenic Plants as Edible Vaccines

    • L. Richter, P. B. Kipp
    Pages 159-176

  10. Cowpea Mosaic Virus-Based Vaccines

    • G. P. Lomonossoff, W. D. O. Hamilton
    Pages 177-189

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 191-196
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About this book

The title of this volume, Plant Biotechnology: Nell' Products and Applications, may look a little out of place among previous vol­ umes of Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology that have focused mostly on issues related to human health and ani­ mal biology, However, plant biology has always been of immense and has enjoyed an intimate relationship practical importance, with medicine and other biological sciences for centuries, In­ creasing scientific specialization and the dramatic advances in the medical and chemical sciences during this century have left many persons with the impression that plant biology and plant bio­ technology is important only in relation to the agricultural sci­ ences, This is no longer true. Within the past year a genetically engineered plant virus has been used to vaccinate and protect against an animal disease (see the chapter by Lomonossoff and Hamilton), the first human trials of a potential transgenic plant­ based oral vaccine against cholera have been conducted (see the chapter by Richter and Kipp), and the first human trial of an injectable transgenic plant-derived therapeutic protein is under way (discussed in the chapter by Russell et al. ). Today plant biotechnology is being used in new and creative ways to produce therapeutic products for medicine and plastics for industry as well as new disease-and stress-resistant crops for agriculture.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Florist and Nursery Crops Unit, USDA-ARS, USNA, Beltsville, USA

    John Hammond

  • National Biomedical Research Foundation, Georgetown University Medical Center, USA

    Peter McGarvey

  • Biotechnology Foundation Labs., Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA

    Vidaldi Yusibov

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Plant Biotechnology

  • Book Subtitle: New Products and Applications

  • Editors: John Hammond, Peter McGarvey, Vidaldi Yusibov

  • Series Title: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60234-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-66265-5Published: 06 September 1999

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-60234-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0070-217X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-9965

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 196

  • Additional Information: Originally published as volume 240 in the series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Virology, Biotechnology

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