Arthropod crop pests are responsible for 20% of global annual crop losses, a figure
predicted to increase in a changing climate where the ranges of numerous species are …

Low production cost is a key factor driving the development of plants and plant tissue
cultures for the synthesis of therapeutic and other foreign proteins. Because product yield …

Numerous reports have been published over the last decade assessing the potential of
plants as useful hosts for the heterologous expression of clinically useful proteins …

Plants have become, over the last ten years, a suitable alternative to microbial and animal
cell factories for the production of clinically-useful, therapeutic proteins. Besides the well …

Proteinase inhibitors which act on the digestive enzymes of insect herbivores are a basic
mechanism of plant defence. Attempts to exploit this defence mechanism in plant genetic …

This article provides a brief overview of the literature related to the chemical ecology of sea
anemones, focusing on their venom, and summarizing their bioprospecting potential. Sea …

Two proteinase inhibitors (PIs), CapA1 and CapA2, were purified from Capsicum annum
Linn. Var. Phule Jyoti leaves and assessed for their in vitro and in vivo activity against …

Production of recombinant proteins is primarily established in cultures of mammalian, insect
and bacterial cells. Concurrently, concept of using plants to produce high-value …

Plants have been recognized as a promising production platform for recombinant
pharmaceutical proteins. The human immunodeficiency virus Gag (Pr55 gag) structural …

Although the field of molecular farming has significantly matured over the last years, some
obstacles still need to be resolved. A major limiting factor for a broader application of plant …