Abstract
Two decades of breakthroughs in plant transformation have consolidated a technology that today represents one of the key tools in basic and applied research:
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Genetic modification and agronomic improvement of plants. Current experiments and field tests involve traits such as pathogen (viral, fungal, insect etc.)-resistance, herbicide-resistance, protein quality enhancement, fructan, trehalose etc. production, enhancement of vegetative growth, sugar production etc., genetic castration or improved shelf-life.
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Cloning of tagged genes and their functional analysis, including the generation of additional or even novel classes of mutants by antisense, over- expression and “illegitimate” expression of the cloned genes.
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Risk assessment of horizontal transgene dissemination according to virulence/pathogenic criteria, public perception and policy decision making.
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Cherdshewasart, W., Gharti-Chhetri, G.B., Negrutiu, I. (1996). Range of Expression and Transmission Instability of the Kanamycin-Resistance Reporter Gene in Direct Gene Transfer Experiments. In: Schmidt, E.R., Hankeln, T. (eds) Transgenic Organisms and Biosafety. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61460-6_20
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