Storage of leaf sample for recombinant protein

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Sudeep Maurya

You can try the method as given in following article.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC542851/pdf/plntphys00124-0052.pdf

Stephan T. Kiessig

you should store your proteins below the eutectic point. In most cases this point is between -15 ... -25 °C. So strore your samples below - 30 °C.