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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Letizia Polito, Alice Djemil, Massimo Bortolotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-06-01
Series:Biomedicines
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/4/2/12