Plant-Based Production of Recombinant Plasmodium Surface Protein Pf38 and Evaluation of its Potential as a Vaccine Candidate

Tatjana Feller; Pascal Thom; Natalie Koch; Holger Spiegel; Otchere Addai-Mensah; Rainer Fischer; Andreas Reimann; Gabriele Pradel; Rolf Fendel; Stefan Schillberg; Matthias Scheuermayer; Helga Schinkel

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079920

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Plant-Based Production of Recombinant Plasmodium Surface Protein Pf38 and Evaluation of its Potential as a Vaccine Candidate

Tatjana Feller,

Affiliation Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME), Aachen, Germany
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Pascal Thom,

Affiliation Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME), Aachen, Germany
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Natalie Koch,

Affiliation Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME), Aachen, Germany
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Holger Spiegel,

Affiliation Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME), Aachen, Germany
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Otchere Addai-Mensah,

Affiliation RWTH Aachen University, Institute for Molecular Biotechnology, Aachen, Germany
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Rainer Fischer,

Affiliations Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME), Aachen, Germany, RWTH Aachen University, Institute for Molecular Biotechnology, Aachen, Germany
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Andreas Reimann,

Affiliation Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME), Aachen, Germany
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Gabriele Pradel,

Affiliation RWTH Aachen University, Institute for Molecular Biotechnology, Aachen, Germany
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Rolf Fendel,

Affiliations Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME), Aachen, Germany, RWTH Aachen University, Institute for Molecular Biotechnology, Aachen, Germany
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Stefan Schillberg,

Affiliation Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME), Aachen, Germany
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Matthias Scheuermayer,

Affiliation Research Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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Helga Schinkel

* E-mail: helga.schinkel@ime.fraunhofer.de

Affiliation Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME), Aachen, Germany
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Plant-Based Production of Recombinant Plasmodium Surface Protein Pf38 and Evaluation of its Potential as a Vaccine Candidate

Tatjana Feller,
Pascal Thom,
Natalie Koch,
Holger Spiegel,
Otchere Addai-Mensah,
Rainer Fischer,
Andreas Reimann,
Gabriele Pradel,
Rolf Fendel,
Stefan Schillberg

Published: November 21, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079920

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