Agrobacterium rhizogenes causes hairy root disease in plants. The neoplastic roots
produced by A. rhizogenes infection is characterized by high growth rate and genetic …

Secondary metabolites synthesized by the Solanaceous plants are of major therapeutic and
pharmaceutical importance, many of which are commonly obtained from the roots of these …

Genetically transformed hairy root cultures were established for a range of plant species and
applied in studies of growth and accumulation of heavy metals. Experiments were …

This book is intended to provide a general introduction to this exciting field of plant cell and
tissue culture as tool in biotechnology, without overly dwelling on detailed descriptions of all …

Hyoscyamine 6β-hydroxylase catalyses the oxidative reactions in the biosynthetic pathway
leading from hyoscyamine to scopolamine. The hydroxylase gene of Hyoscyamus niger was …

Hairy roots were used to investigate cadmium uptake by Thlaspi caerulescens, a metal
hyperaccumulator plant with potential applications in phytoremediation and phytomining …

Hairy roots of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) were used to produce full‐length murine lgG1
monoclonal antibody. The presence of heavy (γ) and light (κ) chains and fully assembled …

Major aspects of design and operation of pneumatically agitated bioreactors are reviewed.
The focus is on considerations that are relevant to industrial practice. Airlift bioreactors are …

Various strategies aimed at improving IgG1 antibody accumulation in transgenic tobacco
cell and organ cultures were tested. The form of tissue had a significant effect on antibody …

An efficient protocol for the establishment of transgenic opium poppy (Papaver somniferum
L.) and California poppy (Eschscholzia californica Cham.) root cultures using Agrobacterium …