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Development of a Plant Cell Culture Platform for Recombinant Protein Expression

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Plant cell suspension cultures have applications in the biopharmaceutical industry as potential vehicles for production of recombinant proteins, but application of this technology remains limited. This project developed two plant cell platforms for recombinant protein synthesis: 1) a carrot cell suspension culture from seed and 2) optimal processing conditions for Arabidopsis suspension cultures. The key outcomes of this research are: 1) establishment of a successful, healthy carrot suspension culture, 2) determination that Arabidopsis suspension cultures experience the highest growth rates in larger flasks with no light exposure, and 3) determination that specialized metabolite production in the cultures is low, indicating that the cells were not under conditions that induce stress.

  • This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.
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  • E-project-042717-131409
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  • 2017
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  • 2017-04-27
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  • 2020-11-14

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