Plant Biotechnology and Genetics: Principles, Techniques and Applications

It appears that bacteria proliferate or multiply at low levels and coexist within the tissues of the plant. They do not invade t ...

The termparticle bombardmentcan be used interchangeably with the similar terms microprojectile bombardment,Biolisticsw,particle ...

particles, whilemicrocarrierwas the term originally designated for the particles, as they are small and carry the DNA). The cont ...

During bombardment, the majority of the metal particles do not find their target. Most of the particles either embed in the cell ...

integration patterns can be largely controlled by manipulating the configuration of the introduced DNA (see next section). 10.4. ...

appears to lead to transgene silencing, any method of controlling copy number would lead to an improvement in consistency of tra ...

is “bigger, better, stronger, faster.” Certainly, plant transformation is achievable, and transgenic plants have been obtained u ...

ways in the laboratory, they are most often used either for DNA introduction or to generate fusion hybrids. The two main methods ...

10.5.5 Viral Vectors Since most plants can be infected by numerous viruses, viral vectors could potentially be used as another “ ...

Figure 10.11.Nanofiber array with single fiber at higher magnification (inset). (Illustration provided by Tim McKnight, Oak Ridg ...

is certainly much more of a barrier than the animal cell membrane, the fibers are sufficiently strong and rigid to penetrate the ...

Agrobacterium. Although transgenic plants were not recovered, the authors reported that the seedlings tested positive for the pr ...

that this simple transformation procedure can be extended to other cereals,” but this work was never even repeated with rye. It ...

10.6.2 Criteria to Consider: Whether My Plant Is Transgenic Successful transgene introduction in plants can be confirmed in a nu ...

evaluated and then compared with an expected pattern for gene expression for the most accurate results. 10.6.2.3. Transgene DNA. ...

LIFE BOX 10.1. MAWD HINCHEE Maud Hinchee, Chief Technology Officer, ArborGen, LLC Maud Hinchee I certainly did not plan on being ...

pride still to drive by a soybean field that is clean of weeds and think of the provided to farmers that is due in some small wa ...

Biology was my real focus in high school and I truly enjoyed learning about the intricacies of organisms. I went on to attend Mc ...

Romano A, Somers DA, Stoger E, Taylor N, Visser R (2005): Particle bombardment and the genetic enhancement of crops: myths and r ...

Taylor NJ, Fauquet CM (2002): Microprojectile bombardment as a tool in plant science and agricultural biotechnology.DNA Cell Bio ...