In this thesis I wrote about the production of antibodies in plants. I introduced current techniques of production and then compared them to plants and their characteristics. I presented advantages and disadvantages of plants as expression systems for production of recombinant antibodies. I described different methods of plant transformation, genetic tools that can be used and various ways of optimization of gene expression. Then I introduced different cultivation techniques, such as planting whole plants in the field or in green houses, cultivation of tissue cultures such as roots, and cell cultures in bioreactors. In the second part I focused on the antibodies. I listed examples when they were already successfully produced in plants and wrote about their safety and efficacy. At the end I summarized the current state of use of plants as expression systems and some predictions for the future.
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