Abstract: Disclosed herein is a multi-well plate for imaging small animals, which is designed so that a well is not shadowed at the edge thereof to be suitable for imaging of small animals. The multi-well plate for imaging small animals includes a plurality of wells each in the form of a groove formed on a plate body to store small animals, wherein each of the wells is gently slanted at a boundary with the plate body to form a groove in order to prevent the well from being shadowed at the boundary with the plate body when the well is captured from above by a camera and then imaged. Therefore, it is possible to accurately identify the positions of small animals since imaging is smoothly performed even if a small animal is located at the edge of each well.

Abstract: Described herein are viral amplicon-based protein expression systems and methods useful for producing heterologous proteins, such as enzymes, by agroinfiltration. The methods involve producing an Agrobacterium with a Ti plasmid encoding a heterologous protein, infecting plant cells with the Agrobacterium, allowing expression of the heterologous protein, and recovering the heterologous protein from the plant cells. In one embodiment, the protein produced is an endoglucanase.

Abstract: Described herein are viral amplicon-based protein expression systems and methods useful for producing heterologous proteins, such as enzymes, by agroinfiltration. The methods involve producing an Agrobacterium with a Ti plasmid encoding a heterologous protein, infecting plant cells with the Agrobacterium, allowing expression of the heterologous protein, and recovering the heterologous protein from the plant cells. In one embodiment, the protein produced is an endoglucanase.