1 Research Article Molecular farming in barley: development of a novel production platform to produce human antimicrobial peptide LL-37 † Edita Holásková, Petr Galuszka, Alžbeta Mičúchová, Marek Šebela, M. Tufan Öz*, Ivo Frébort Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic Correspondence: Prof. Ivo Frébort, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic E-mail: ivo.frebort@upol.cz *) Present address: Dr. M. Tufan Öz, Department of Agronomy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA Keywords: Antimicrobial peptides; Fusion protein strategy; Genetically modified barley; Heterologous expression; LL-37 † This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: [10.1002/biot.201700628]. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved Received: October 27, 2017 / Revised: December 17, 2017 / Accepted: January 15, 2018