Table 1.

Yields of plant lectins produced by recombinant DNA techniques

Natural source of lectin	Lectin yield (mg/L culture medium)	Genetically modification in cells	Reference
Allium sativum (garlic) leaf	5	cDNA was cloned into NdeI and BamHI restricted plasmid pET19b and expressed in E. coli strain BL21 (DE3) cells	Upadhyay et al. 2010
Artocarpus incise (breadfruit)	16	cDNA was cloned into the pET-25b(+) and expressed in E. coli.	Oliveira et al. 2009
Artocarpus incise (breadfruit)	18–20	cDNA was cloned into EcoRI/XbaI restricted plasmid pUC57 and expressed in E. Coli	Oliveira et al. 2008
Glycine max (Soybean)	0.1	cDNA was cloned NcoI/NdeI/BamHI restricted plasmid PET-3d and expressed in E. coli strain BL21(DE3)pLysS	Adar et al. 1997
Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco) leaves	6	cDNA was cloned EcoRI/NotI restricted plasmid and expressed in E. coli strain top10F	Lannoo et al. 2007
Oryza sativa (rice) roots	14.6	cDNA was cloned into NdeI/BamHI restricted pET 3D plasmid and expressed in E. coli strain BL21 (DE3) cells	Branco et al. 2004
Pisum sativum (pea)	2–5	cDNA was cloned into HindIII/PstI/BamHI restricted plasmid and expressed in E. coli strain W3110	Stubbs et al. 1986
Polyporus squamosus fruiting bodies	4–7	cDNA was cloned into NdeI/BamHI restricted plasmid and expressed in E. coli strain Nova Blue (DE3)	Tateno et al. 2004