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Scopus Author ID: 7006276873
ResearcherID: D-6138-2014

Keywords

virology, biotechnology, vaccines, biofarming

Countries

South Africa

Biography

I am a former plant virologist, and presently mainly a molecular plant biotechnologist, with an interest in expressing high-value proteins in plants for use as reagents or vaccines.

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University of Cape Town: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

1981 to present | Professor in Microbiology (Microbiology / Molecular & Cell Biology)
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Ed Rybicki

Education and qualifications (1)

University of Cape Town: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

1980-01-31 to 1984-12-15 | PhD (Molecular & Cell Biology)
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Ed Rybicki

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Characterization of a Novel Chimeric <i>Theileria parva</i> p67 Antigen Which Incorporates into Virus-like Particles and Is Highly Immunogenic in Mice

Vaccines
2022-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10020210
Contributors: Leah Whittle; Rosamund Chapman; Michiel van Diepen; Ed Rybicki; Anna-Lise Williamson
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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Humoral and cell-mediated immune responses to plant-produced African horse sickness virus VP7 quasi-crystals.

Virus Research
2021-03-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2020.198284
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58edf2bb-6173-44a0-89ce-3dc99ca5a434

ISSN: 0168-1702
PMID: 33421520
Contributors: Fearon S; Dennis S; Hitzeroth I; Rybicki EP; Meyers AE
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University of Cape Town

Heterologous vaccination with DNA and two different poxvirus vectors, expressing HIV-1 envelope on the surface of Gag virus-like particles, elicit autologous Tier 2 neutralising antibodies

2021-02-28 | Other
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Contributors: Chapman R.; van Diepen M.; Douglass N.; Galant S.; Margolin E.; Ximba P.; Hermanus T.; Moore P.; Rybicki E.; Williamson A. -L.
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University of Cape Town

Immunogenicity of Plant-Produced Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Virus-Like Particles (VLPs)

Vaccines
2020-12-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines8040740
Contributors: Paulina N. Naupu; Albertha R. van Zyl; Edward P. Rybicki; Inga I. Hitzeroth
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Novel Production of Bovine Papillomavirus Pseudovirions in Tobacco Plants

Pathogens
2020-11-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9120996
Contributors: Inge Pietersen; Albertha van Zyl; Edward Rybicki; Inga Hitzeroth
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Engineering the Plant Secretory Pathway for the Production of Next-Generation Pharmaceuticals

Trends in Biotechnology
2020-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.03.004
Contributors: Emmanuel A. Margolin; Richard Strasser; Ros Chapman; Anna-Lise Williamson; Edward P. Rybicki; Ann E. Meyers
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Transient protein expression in tobacco BY-2 plant cell packs using single and multi-cassette replicating vectors

Plant Cell Reports
2020-09-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-020-02544-w
Contributors: Zuzana Poborilova; Helena Plchova; Noemi Cerovska; Cornelius J. Gunter; Inga I. Hitzeroth; Edward P. Rybicki; Tomas Moravec
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Calreticulin co-expression supports high level production of a recombinant SARS-CoV-2 spike mimetic inNicotiana benthamiana

2020-06-14 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.14.150458
Contributors: Emmanuel Margolin; Matthew Verbeek; Ann Meyers; Ros Chapman; Anna-Lise Williamson; Edward P Rybicki
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Plant molecular farming of virus‐like nanoparticles as vaccines and reagents

WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology
2020-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1587
Contributors: Edward P. Rybicki
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Immunogenicity of plant‐produced porcine circovirus‐like particles in mice

Plant Biotechnology Journal
2019-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13097
Contributors: Cornelius J. Gunter; Guy L. Regnard; Edward P. Rybicki; Inga I. Hitzeroth
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Characterization of the hypersensitive response‐like cell death phenomenon induced by targeting antiviral lectin griffithsin to the secretory pathway

Plant Biotechnology Journal
2018-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12917
Contributors: Bo Min Kim; Hester Catharina Therese Lotter‐Stark; Edward P. Rybicki; Rachel K. Chikwamba; Kenneth E. Palmer
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Production of complex viral glycoproteins in plants as vaccine immunogens

Plant Biotechnology Journal
2018-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12963
Contributors: Emmanuel Margolin; Ros Chapman; Anna‐Lise Williamson; Edward P. Rybicki; Ann E. Meyers
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A pelagic microbiome (Viruses to protists) from a small cup of seawater

Viruses
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/v9030047
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2-s2.0-85015867995
Contributors: Flaviani, F.; Schroeder, D.C.; Balestreri, C.; Schroeder, J.L.; Moore, K.; Paszkiewicz, K.; Pfaff, M.C.; Rybicki, E.P.
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Development of plant-produced protein body vaccine candidates for bluetongue virus

BMC Biotechnology
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12896-017-0370-5
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2-s2.0-85020029739
Contributors: van Zyl, A.R.; Meyers, A.E.; Rybicki, E.P.
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Ed Rybicki via Scopus - Elsevier

Expression optimization of a cell membrane-penetrating human papillomavirus type 16 therapeutic vaccine candidate in Nicotiana benthamiana

PLoS ONE
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183177
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2-s2.0-85027187022
Contributors: Yanez, R.J.R.; Lamprecht, R.; Granadillo, M.; Weber, B.; Torrens, I.; Rybicki, E.P.; Hitzeroth, I.I.
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Immunogenicity of plant-produced African horse sickness virus-like particles: Implications for a novel vaccine

Plant Biotechnology Journal
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12783
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2-s2.0-85026508372
Contributors: Dennis, S.J.; Meyers, A.E.; Guthrie, A.J.; Hitzeroth, I.I.; Rybicki, E.P.
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Plant-made vaccines and reagents for the One Health initiative

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
2017-12-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2017.1356497
Contributors: Edward Peter Rybicki
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LALF32-51 -E7, a HPV-16 therapeutic vaccine candidate, forms protein body-like structures when expressed in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves.

Plant Biotechnology Journal
2017-07-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12802
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71424f89-718b-42da-affe-f7f370783acf

ISSN: 1467-7644
PMID: 28733985
Contributors: Yanez; Lamprecht; Granadillo; Torrens; Arcalís; Stöger; Rybicki; Hitzeroth
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University of Cape Town

Complete genome sequences of two isolates of Canis familiaris oral papillomavirus from South Africa

Genome Announcements
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.01006-16
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2-s2.0-85010310972
Contributors: Regnard, G.L.; Baloyi, N.M.; Bracher, L.R.; Hitzeroth, I.I.; Rybicki, E.P.
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Editorial: Plant molecular farming: Fast, scalable, cheap, sustainable

Frontiers in Plant Science
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01148
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2-s2.0-84984666880
Contributors: De Martinis, D.; Rybicki, E.P.; Fujiyama, K.; Franconi, R.; Benvenuto, E.
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Justification for the inclusion of Gag in HIV vaccine candidates

Expert Review of Vaccines
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1586/14760584.2016.1129904
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2-s2.0-84951870546
Contributors: Williamson, A.-L.; Rybicki, E.P.
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Plant-produced Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus nucleoprotein for use in indirect ELISA

Journal of Virological Methods
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2016.07.025
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2-s2.0-84979680757
Contributors: Atkinson, R.; Burt, F.; Rybicki, E.P.; Meyers, A.E.
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Production of Human papillomavirus pseudovirions in plants and their use in pseudovirion-based neutralisation assays in mammalian cells

Scientific Reports
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/srep20431
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2-s2.0-84957812866
Contributors: Lamprecht, R.L.; Kennedy, P.; Huddy, S.M.; Bethke, S.; Hendrikse, M.; Hitzeroth, I.I.; Rybicki, E.P.
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Transient Bluetongue virus serotype 8 capsid protein expression in Nicotiana benthamiana

Biotechnology Reports
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2015.12.001
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2-s2.0-84949684290
Contributors: Van Zyl, A.R.; Meyers, A.E.; Rybicki, E.P.
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Advances in molecular farming: Key technologies, scaled up production and lead targets

Plant Biotechnology Journal
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12478
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2-s2.0-84942120553
Contributors: Daniell, H.; Streatfield, S.J.; Rybicki, E.P.
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Engineering and expression of a human rotavirus candidate vaccine in Nicotiana benthamiana Other viruses (e.g. pox, papilloma, parvo, reoviridae)

Virology Journal
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0436-8
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2-s2.0-84949238278
Contributors: Pêra, F.F.P.G.; Mutepfa, D.L.R.; Khan, A.M.; Els, J.H.; Mbewana, S.; Van Dijk, A.A.A.; Rybicki, E.P.; Hitzeroth, I.I.
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From plant virology to vaccinology: The road less travelled

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2015.1092751
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2-s2.0-84983407999
Contributors: Rybicki, E.
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Metagenomic analysis of the viral community in Namib Desert hypoliths

Environmental Microbiology
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12528
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2-s2.0-84923804547
Contributors: Adriaenssens, E.M.; Van Zyl, L.; De Maayer, P.; Rubagotti, E.; Rybicki, E.; Tuffin, M.; Cowan, D.A.
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A Top Ten list for economically important plant viruses

Archives of Virology
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-014-2295-9
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2-s2.0-84925284999
Contributors: Rybicki, E.P.
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Beak and feather disease virus: correlation between viral load and clinical signs in wild Cape parrots (Poicepahlus robustus) in South Africa

Archives of Virology
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-014-2225-x
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2-s2.0-84921905443
Contributors: Regnard, G.L.; Boyes, R.S.; Martin, R.O.; Hitzeroth, I.I.; Rybicki, E.P.
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Beak and feather disease viruses circulating in Cape parrots (Poicepahlus robustus) in South Africa

Archives of Virology
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-014-2226-9
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2-s2.0-84921918296
Contributors: Regnard, G.L.; Boyes, R.S.; Martin, R.O.; Hitzeroth, I.I.; Rybicki, E.P.
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Extensive recombination-induced disruption of genetic interactions is highly deleterious but can be partially reversed by small numbers of secondary recombination events

Journal of Virology
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00709-14
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2-s2.0-84904683552
Contributors: Monjane, A.L.; Martin, D.P.; Lakay, F.; Muhire, B.M.; Pande, D.; Varsani, A.; Harkins, G.; Shepherd, D.N.; Rybicki, E.P.
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First report of a potyvirus infecting Albuca rautanenii in the Namib Desert

Plant Disease
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-07-14-0737-PDN
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2-s2.0-84910649936
Contributors: Zablocki, O.D.; Rybicki, E.P.; Cowan, D.A.
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 E7 protein bodies cause tumour regression in mice

BMC Cancer
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-367
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2-s2.0-84901928242
Contributors: Whitehead, M.; Öhlschläger, P.; Almajhdi, F.N.; Alloza, L.; Marzábal, P.; Meyers, A.E.; Hitzeroth, I.I.; Rybicki, E.P.
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Inducible resistance to maize streak virus

PLoS ONE
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105932
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2-s2.0-84929270794
Contributors: Shepherd, D.N.; Dugdale, B.; Martin, D.P.; Varsani, A.; Lakay, F.M.; Bezuidenhout, M.E.; Monjane, A.L.; Thomson, J.A.; Dale, J.; Rybicki, E.P.
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Plant-based vaccines against viruses

Virology Journal
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12985-014-0205-0
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2-s2.0-84936865223
Contributors: Rybicki, E.P.
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Plant-based vaccines as a global vaccination approach: Current perspectives

Genetically Engineered Plants as a Source of Vaccines Against Wide Spread Diseases: An Integrated View
2014 | Book
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0850-9_13
EID:

2-s2.0-84929866619
Contributors: Govea-Alonso, D.O.; Rybicki, E.; Rosales-Mendoza, S.
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Plant-produced virus-like particle vaccines

Virus-like Particles in Vaccine Development
2014 | Book
DOI: 10.2217/fmeb2013.13.2
EID:

2-s2.0-84924065045
Contributors: Scotti, N.; Rybicki, E.P.
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Plant-produced Virus-like particles

Plant-derived Pharmaceuticals: Principles and Applications for Developing Countries
2014 | Book
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2-s2.0-84927965861
Contributors: Meyers, A.E.; Rybicki, E.P.; Hitzeroth, I.I.
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Techno-Economic Analysis of Horseradish Peroxidase Production Using a Transient Expression System in Nicotiana benthamiana

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-014-1320-5
EID:

2-s2.0-84920959275
Contributors: Walwyn, D.R.; Huddy, S.M.; Rybicki, E.P.
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Virus-derived ssDNA vectors for the expression of foreign proteins in plants

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
2014 | Book
DOI: 10.1007/82-2011-185
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2-s2.0-84892921092
Contributors: Rybicki, E.P.; Martin, D.P.
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A method for rapid production of heteromultimeric protein complexes in plants: Assembly of protective bluetongue virus-like particles

Plant Biotechnology Journal
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12076
EID:

2-s2.0-84882584540
Contributors: Thuenemann, E.C.; Meyers, A.E.; Verwey, J.; Rybicki, E.P.; Lomonossoff, G.P.
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Ed Rybicki via Scopus - Elsevier

An H5N1 influenza DNA vaccine for South Africa

South African Journal of Science
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1590/sajs.2013/20120053
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2-s2.0-84884831642
Contributors: Mortimer, E.; Hitzeroth, I.I.; Buys, A.; Mbewana, S.; Rybicki, E.P.
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Biodiversity: So much more than legs and leaves

South African Journal of Science
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1590/sajs.2013/a0037
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2-s2.0-84890216686
Contributors: Cowan, D.A.; Rybicki, E.P.; Tuffin, M.I.; Valverde, A.; Wingfield, M.J.
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Developing country applications of Molecular farming: Case studies in South Africa and Argentina

Current Pharmaceutical Design
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2174/1381612811319310015
EID:

2-s2.0-84874073920
Contributors: Rybicki, E.P.; Hitzeroth, I.I.; Meyers, A.; Dus Santos, M.J.; Wigdorovitz, A.
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Development of human papillomavirus chimaeric L1/L2 candidate vaccines

Archives of Virology
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-013-1713-8
EID:

2-s2.0-84884814561
Contributors: McGrath, M.; de Villiers, G.K.; Shephard, E.; Hitzeroth, I.I.; Rybicki, E.P.
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Expression in tobacco and purification of beak and feather disease virus capsid protein fused to elastin-like polypeptides

Journal of Virological Methods
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2013.03.028
EID:

2-s2.0-84877328154
Contributors: Duvenage, L.; Hitzeroth, I.I.; Meyers, A.E.; Rybicki, E.P.
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Immunogenic assessment of plant-produced human papillomavirus type 16 L1/L2 chimaeras

Plant Biotechnology Journal
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12089
EID:

2-s2.0-84884413506
Contributors: Pineo, C.B.; Hitzeroth, I.I.; Rybicki, E.P.
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Realising the value of plant molecular pharming to benefit the poor in developing countries and emerging economies

Plant Biotechnology Journal
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12127
EID:

2-s2.0-84888130117
Contributors: Ma, J.K.-C.; Christou, P.; Chikwamba, R.; Haydon, H.; Paul, M.; Ferrer, M.P.; Ramalingam, S.; Rech, E.; Rybicki, E.; Wigdorowitz, A. et al.
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Replication modes of Maize streak virus mutants lacking RepA or the RepA-pRBR interaction motif

Virology
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2013.04.012
EID:

2-s2.0-84879188128
Contributors: Ruschhaupt, M.; Martin, D.P.; Lakay, F.; Bezuidenhout, M.; Rybicki, E.P.; Jeske, H.; Shepherd, D.N.
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