Vector Advantages
The advantages of using modified plant virus as vector are:
- Small genome size allows easy manipulation.
- High replication levels due to the inoculation of RNA into plant leaves
- RT-PCR and ELISA allow quality control during different stages of the process.
- Fast protein production due to transient expression.
- Extremely high rate of vector systemic movement in the plant allows homogenous production in all cells.
- Possibility of tag use allows easier protein purification.