New Opportunities to Dissect and Manipulate Plant Processes

The use of transgenic plants has become a standard tool of experimental plant biology and is changing many approaches to plant improvement. The technology has greatly expanded the range of methods available to isolate and identify new plants genes, and has permitted great strides in understanding th...

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Published inPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences Vol. 339; no. 1288; pp. 199 - 206
Main Author Somerville, C. R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London The Royal Society 27.02.1993
Subjects
DNA
Genes
Genetic mutation
Genetic screening
Genomes
Overview: Progress in Plant Genome Analysis and Modification
Plant genes
Plants
Polymerase chain reaction
Transgenic plants
Transposons
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Summary:The use of transgenic plants has become a standard tool of experimental plant biology and is changing many approaches to plant improvement. The technology has greatly expanded the range of methods available to isolate and identify new plants genes, and has permitted great strides in understanding the mechanisms which regulate gene expression. In addition, the ability to use cloned genes to alter the functional expression of the gene in transgenic plants has created entirely novel opportunities to examine the biological role of virtually any cellular constituent.
ISSN:0962-8436
1471-2970
DOI:10.1098/rstb.1993.0017