Title
Multigene engineering: dawn of an exciting new era in biotechnology
Abbreviated Journal Title
Curr. Opin. Biotechnol.
Keywords
BIOSYNTHETIC-PATHWAY; PHOTOSYSTEM-II; MESSENGER-RNA; FOREIGN GENES; PLANTS; EXPRESSION; CHLOROPLASTS; PROTEIN; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE; TRANSLATION; Biochemical Research Methods; Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Abstract
Development of a rice variety enriched in provitamin A, the accumulation of polyhydroxybutyrate polyester in Arabidopsis nuclear transgenic plants (with enzymes targeted to chloroplasts in both), and the expression of bacterial operons via the chloroplast genome are recent landmark achievements in multigene engineering. Hyper-expression of transgenes has resulted in the formation of insecticidal protein crystals or inclusion bodies of pharmaceutical proteins in transgenic chloroplasts, achieving the highest level of transgene expression ever reported in transgenic plants. These achievements illustrate the potential of multigene engineering to realize benefits of the post-genomic revolution.
Journal Title
Current Opinion in Biotechnology
Volume
13
Issue/Number
2
Publication Date
1-1-2002
Document Type
Review
Language
English
First Page
136
Last Page
141
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0958-1669
Recommended Citation
"Multigene engineering: dawn of an exciting new era in biotechnology" (2002). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 3148.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/3148
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