Plant transformation technologies /

Plant Transformation Technologies focuses on cutting-edge plant biotechnologies, offering in-depth, forward-looking information on methods for controlled and accurate genetic engineering. In response to ever-increasing pressure for precise and efficient integration of transgenes in plants, many new...

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Other Authors: Stewart, C. Neal, Jr
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Section 1: Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Host factors involved in genetic transformation of plant cells by Agrobacterium / Benoît Lacroix, Adi Zaltsman, and Vitaly Citovsky
  • Genomics of Agrobacterium-plant interaction: an approach to refine the plant transformation technology / Ajith Anand, Zarir E. Vaghchhipawala, and Kirankumar S. Mysore
  • Section 2: Other transformation technologies. Particle bombardment: an established weapon in the arsenal of plant biotechnologists / Theodore M. Klein
  • A novel gene delivery system in plants with calcium alginate micro-beads / Naoki Wada, Shinʼichiro Kajiyama, Naruemon Khemkladngoen, and Kiichi Fukui
  • Pollen transformation technologies / Tatiana Resch and Alisher Touraev
  • Intragenic vectors and marker-free transformation: tools for a greener biotechnology / Caius M. Rommens, Anthony Conner, Hua Yan, and Zac Hanley
  • Visualizing transgene expression / John J. Finer
  • Section 3: Vectors, promoters, and other tools for plant transformation. Current state and perspective of binary vectors and superbinary vectors / Toshiyuki Komori and Toshihiko Komari
  • Novel dual binary vectors (pCLEAN) for plant transformation / Philippe Vain
  • pORE modular vectors for plant transformation / Dwayne D. Hegedus
  • pANIC: a versatile set of gateway-compatible vectors for gene overexpression and RNAi-mediated down-regulation in monocots / David G.J. Mann, Peter R. LaFayette, Laura L. Abercrombie, Wayne A. Parrott, and C. Neal Stewart, Jr.
  • Section 4: Transgene integration, stability, methylation, silencing. Understanding and avoiding transgene silencing / Michael W. Graham, Stephen R. Mudge, Peter R. Sternes, and Robert G. Birch
  • Site-specific recombination for precise and clean transgene integration in plant genome / Vibha Srivastava and David W. Ow
  • Section 5: Selection systems, marker-free transformation. Selectable marker genes: types and interactions / Brian Miki, Ashraf Abdeen, Yuzuki Manabe, Souad El Ouakfaoui, Douglas A. Johnson, Loreta Gudynaite-Savitch, Ming Hu, and Phil MacDonald
  • Transformation methods for obtaining marker-free genetically modified plants / Jan G. Schaart, Frans A. Krens, Anne-Marie A. Wolters, and Richard G.F. Visser
  • Intellectual property aspects of plant transformation / Jim M. Dunwell
  • Index.