To provide a transgenic rice plant that can produce rice which can be used
as an "edible vaccine", i.e., rice capable of inducing a desired immune
response when mucosally administered such as an oral administration.
There is provided a transgenic rice plant including a genomic DNA,
wherein a DNA construct is incorporated into the genomic DNA so that the
DNA construct is capable of being expressed, wherein the DNA construct
includes a DNA encoding an antigenic protein, and a rice endosperm
specific promoter linked upstream thereof.