The Corn Smut (‘Huitlacoche’) as a New Platform for Oral Vaccines

Margarita Juárez-Montiel; Andrea Romero-Maldonado; Elizabeth Monreal-Escalante; Alicia Becerra-Flora; Schuyler S. Korban; Sergio Rosales-Mendoza; Juan Francisco Jiménez-Bremont

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133535

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The Corn Smut (‘Huitlacoche’) as a New Platform for Oral Vaccines

Margarita Juárez-Montiel,

Affiliation Laboratorio de Estudios Moleculares de Respuesta a Estrés en Plantas, División de Biología Molecular, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica AC, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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Andrea Romero-Maldonado,

Affiliation Laboratorio de Biofarmacéuticos Recombinantes, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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Elizabeth Monreal-Escalante,

Affiliation Laboratorio de Biofarmacéuticos Recombinantes, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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Alicia Becerra-Flora,

Affiliation Laboratorio de Estudios Moleculares de Respuesta a Estrés en Plantas, División de Biología Molecular, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica AC, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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Schuyler S. Korban,

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Sergio Rosales-Mendoza ,

* E-mail: rosales.s@fcq.uaslp.mx (SRM); jbremont@ipicyt.edu.mx (JFJB)

Affiliation Laboratorio de Biofarmacéuticos Recombinantes, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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Juan Francisco Jiménez-Bremont

* E-mail: rosales.s@fcq.uaslp.mx (SRM); jbremont@ipicyt.edu.mx (JFJB)

Affiliation Laboratorio de Estudios Moleculares de Respuesta a Estrés en Plantas, División de Biología Molecular, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica AC, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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The Corn Smut (‘Huitlacoche’) as a New Platform for Oral Vaccines

Margarita Juárez-Montiel,
Andrea Romero-Maldonado,
Elizabeth Monreal-Escalante,
Alicia Becerra-Flora,
Schuyler S. Korban,
Sergio Rosales-Mendoza,
Juan Francisco Jiménez-Bremont

Published: July 24, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133535

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