Plant Toxin-Based Immunotoxins for Cancer Therapy: A Short Overview
Immunotoxins are chimeric proteins obtained by linking a toxin to either an intact antibody or an antibody fragment. Conjugation can be obtained by chemical or genetic engineering, where the latter yields recombinant conjugates. An essential requirement is that the target molecule recognized by the...
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MDPI AG
2016-06-01
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Series: | Biomedicines |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/4/2/12 |