PROGRESS: Completed Project	PROJECT REF: CUHK/02/SCI/126
PROJECT TITLE: A plant gene expression system for processing, targeting and accumulation of foreign proteins in transgenic seeds
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The present invention relates generally to an expression system for processing, targeting and stable accumulation of these target proteins in transgenic plant seeds. The method provides a general strategy in which unique transmembrance and cytoplasmic tail sequences are used as anchors for delivering recombinant target proteins via distinct vesicular transport pathways to specific vacuolar compartments enabling stable accumulation of foreign target proteins in transgenic plants. The present invention is particularly useful for its flexibility to allow the target proteins to bypass or subject to post-translational modifications such as glycosylation.
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KEYWORDS: transgenic plant seeds; recombinant target proteins
MODE OF COLLABORATION: licence
STATUS PATENT: Patent Pending	PATENT NO: NA
ORGANIZATION: CUHK
CONTACT PERSON: Mr Billy Lam	EMAIL: billylam@cuhk.edu.hk
TEL: (852) 2609 8882	FAX: (852) 2603 5451
WEBSITE: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/rtao/patent/	DATE: