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Chemical-inducible systems for regulated expression of plant genes
1Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA.
Current Opinion in Biotechnology
|February 7, 2001
Abstract:
Chemical regulation of transgene expression presents a powerful tool for basic research in plant biology and biotechnological applications. Various chemical-inducible systems based on de-repression, activation and inactivation of the target gene have been described. The utility of inducible promoters has been successfully demonstrated by the development of a marker-free transformation system and large-scale gene profiling. In addition, field applications appear to be promising through the use of registered agrochemicals (e.g. RH5992) as inducers.