The synthesis of triacyl glycerol in developing oilseeds is generally divided into four stages. Stage I: Synthesis of saturated acyl-ACP by stepwise elongation of acetyl-ACP to steoryl- ACP CoA residue is then condensed to the malonyl ACP, forming acetoacetate ACP. Reduction and dehydration is followed by a second reduction to form acyl-ACP. Each of these reactions is catalysed by type [...]
Transgenic plants expressing vaccine antigens can be used to tackle autoimmune disease like diabetes. Insulin dependent diabetes melites is an autoimmune disease resulted in the destruction of insulin producing pancreatic cells. Disease is triggered by involvement of both humoral and cell mediated immunity. The type I diabetes by autoimmunity is due to the inadvert attack on insulin producing cells by [...]
The concept of edible vaccines stem from Charles Arntzen of Texas University, USA, when he saw a mother offering a piece of banana to a crying baby. With the advent of introducing gene into the plants, he then mooted the idea that food could be genetically altered to produce vaccine in their edible parts, which could then be eaten to [...]