Promiscuity in transgenic plants

Transgenic Plants

Epigenetic silencing in transgenic plants

Epigenetic silencing is a natural phenomenon in which the expression of genes is regulated through modifications of DNA, RNA, or histone proteins. It is a mechanism for defending host genomes against the effects of transposable elements and viral infection, and acts as a modulator of expression of duplicated gene family members and as a silencer of transgenes. A major breakthrough in understand...

Fluorescent Proteins in Transgenic Plants

Fluorescent proteins (FPs) have revolutionized many areas of biological research. In particular, plant biotechnology has been significantly advanced by harnessing the power of FPs. Aequorea victoria, green fluorescent protein (GFP), has been the most studied of the proteins, but many new FPs are discovered each year. We provide here a timely review of the current uses of FPs in whole plants and...

Antibody production in transgenic plants.

Introduction In recent years, methods have been developed for the expression of immunoglobulin-encoding genes in a wide range of heterologous organisms, including non-lymphoid mammalian cells, insect cells, yeast, bacteria and plants. The isolation of antibodyencoding genes from hybridoma cells and their expression in these heterologous hosts has led to a revolution in monoclonal antibody techn...

Fructan biosynthesis in transgenic plants.

Data from plants transformed to accumulate fructan are assessed in the context of natural concentrations of reserve carbohydrates and natural fluxes of carbon in primary metabolism: Transgenic fructan accumulation is universally reported as an instantaneous endpoint concentration. In exceptional cases, concentrations of 60-160 mg g(-1) fresh mass were reported and compare favourably with natura...