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Protein Production in Transgenic Chickens

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There is a growing need for resource-sustainable and cost-efficient technologies in protein production. Transgenic animals have drawn considerable attention as protein makers owing to the high quality of their products. The white of chicken eggs is particularly attractive for this purpose and a series of therapeutic proteins have been produced in it. An overview of the advantages of chickens as bioreactors and the challenges in their transgenesis are presented here.

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    Greg Papadakos

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  1. College of Biological Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China

    Xiao-Ying Zhang

  2. Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Ricardo S. Vieira-Pires

  3. School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland

    Patricia M. Morgan

  4. Institute of Pharmacology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Rüdiger Schade

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Papadakos, G. (2021). Protein Production in Transgenic Chickens. In: Zhang, XY., Vieira-Pires, R.S., Morgan, P.M., Schade, R. (eds) IgY-Technology: Production and Application of Egg Yolk Antibodies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72688-1_14

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