Title

Milestones in chloroplast genetic engineering: an environmentally friendly era in biotechnology

Authors

Authors

H. Daniell; M. S. Khan;L. Allison

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Trends Plant Sci.

Keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TOBACCO CHLOROPLASTS; PLASTID TRANSFORMATION; SELECTABLE MARKER; BACILLUS-THURINGIENSIS; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION; BIOSYNTHETIC-PATHWAY; BIOLISTIC DELIVERY; HIGHER-PLANTS; RESISTANCE; Plant Sciences

Abstract

Chloroplast genomes defied the laws of Mendelian inheritance at the dawn of plant genetics, and continue to defy the mainstream approach to biotechnology, leading the field in an environmentally friendly direction. Recent success in engineering the chloroplast genome for resistance to herbicides, insects, disease and drought, and for production of biopharmaceuticals, has opened the door to a new era in biotechnology. The successful engineering of tomato chromoplasts for high-level transgene expression in fruits, coupled to hyper-expression of vaccine antigens, and the use of plant-derived antibiotic-free selectable markers, augur well for oral delivery of edible vaccines and biopharmaceuticals that are currently beyond the reach of those who need them most.

Journal Title

Trends in Plant Science

Volume

7

Issue/Number

2

Publication Date

1-1-2002

Document Type

Review

Language

English

First Page

84

Last Page

91

WOS Identifier

WOS:000173787500010

ISSN

1360-1385

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