| abstract |
The present invention provides systems and methods for producing nucleic acids or proteins in young plants. Typically, the young plants are grown in a controlled and controllable environment. In some embodiments, expression of pharmaceutically active protein in young plants is controlled by exogenous inducible or viral promoters. In some embodiments, young plants are edible and can be consumed live, or preferably stored live, to preserve the maximum biological activity of the nucleic acid or protein. In some embodiments, the young plant is a young legume or Nicotiana plant. |