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Peptide-derived Method to Transport Genes and Proteins Across Cellular and Organellar Barriers in Plants
Published on: December 16, 2016
[Molecular strategies for decreasing the gene flow of transgenic plants]
1Department of Bioengineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510 632, China. tmsm@jnu.edu.cn
Abstract:
Transgenic plants can transfer foreign genes through pollen or seed to related plant species. This may cause potential harm to ecological environment. How to decrease the gene flow is drawing a growing public attention. The approaches for decreasing the gene flow include chloroplast transformation, pollen sterility, seed sterility, cleistogamy, apomixis, temporal control, and transgenic mitigation. The theoretical basis, advantages and disadvantages, and usage status of these approaches are presented in this review.
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