Further evidence for the functional activity of the plant HSF in Drosophila was
provided by DNase 1 - footprinting of ATHSF1 at the Drosophila Hsp70 promoter
that has been used in the expression study . Footprints of ATHSF1 and
Drosophila ...
Author: Alan R. Lindsey
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9057023261
Category: Science
Page: 304
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This type of analysis demonstrates how economics may provide useful
information for directing transgenic plant research. Determining optimal
investment levels and strategies for public, private, and cooperative research is
important.
Author:
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 9780323140263
Category: Science
Page: 265
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Volumes 1 and 2 of Transgenic Plants assemble important information on transgenic crops which has appeared scattered in many different publications. These two volumes are a significant milestone in plant/agricultural biology, promote the practical application of recombinant DNA technology, and assist in transforming the agricultural industry.... Scope and Adequacy of Regulation National Research Council, Division on
Earth and Life Studies, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Committee
on Environmental Impacts Associated with Commercialization of Transgenic
Plants.
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309170176
Category: Technology & Engineering
Page: 342
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Transgenic crops offer the promise of increased agricultural productivity and better quality foods. But they also raise the specter of harmful environmental effects. In this new book, a panel of experts examines: • Similarities and differences between crops developed by conventional and transgenic methods • Potential for commercialized transgenic crops to change both agricultural and nonagricultural landscapes • How well the U.S. government is regulating transgenic crops to avoid any negative effects. Environmental Effects of Transgenic Plants provides a wealth of information about transgenic processes, previous experience with the introduction of novel crops, principles of risk assessment and management, the science behind current regulatory schemes, issues in monitoring transgenic products already on the market, and more. The book discusses public involvementâ€"and public confidenceâ€"in biotechnology regulation. And it looks to the future, exploring the potential of genetic engineering and the prospects for environmental effects.The environmental impact assessment studies for transgenic plants provide
ecologically important evidence but most of them are limited to relatively short
periods of time and generally they are conducted at small scales (Snow and
Palma, ...
Author: M.N.V. Prasad
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 9780128143902
Category: Science
Page: 564
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Transgenic Plant Technology for Remediation of Toxic Metals and Metalloids covers all the technical aspects of gene transfer, from molecular methods, to field performance using a wide range of plants and diverse abiotic stress factors. It describes methodologies that are well established as a key resource for researchers, as well as a tool for training technicians and students. This book is an essential reference for those in the plant sciences, forestry, agriculture, microbiology, environmental biology and plant biotechnology, and those using transgenic plant models in such areas as molecular and cell biology, developmental biology, stress physiology and phytoremediation. Provides in-depth coverage of transgenic plant technology for environmental problems Discusses background and an introduction to techniques and salient protocols using specific plants systems Includes emerging strategies for application of transgenic plans in remediation... Tel : +31 71 5258282 , Fax : +31 71 5221471 David N. Radin CropTech
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Author: Meran R. L. Owen
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0471964433
Category: Science
Page: 360
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Transgenic Plants: A Production System for Industrial andPharmaceutical Proteins provides a detailed guide to the principlesand practice of using transgenic plants as a system for theproduction of heterologous proteins. It is unique in that it coversthe complete process of heterologous protein production in plants,from the initial transformation of the plant, through totranscription, transgene stability and finally the downstreamingprocessing events for protein purification. Written by aninternational team of industrialists and academics, this bookdescribes: * the fundamental issues associated with expressing heterologousproteins in plants; * a number of detailed examples of the successful small-andlarge-scale production of proteins; * the essentials of patenting; and * the commercial exploitation. Transgenic Plants: A Production System for Industrial andPharmaceutical Proteins will be of interest to plantbiotechnologists, molecular biologists and protein biochemists inthe biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.Scientifically based estimates resulting from such impact studies could facilitate
the safe deployment of transgenic potatoes in the region . flow to wild relatives )
that demonstrated an increased fitness / weediness in plants . Therefore it was ...
Author: Robert J. Frederick
Publisher: IICA Biblioteca Venezuela
ISBN: 9188714217
Category: Transgenic plants
Page: 70
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Plant biotechnology is a rapidly developing field of plant research, and genetic
engineering is an important tool in biotechnology. Biotechnology can provide,
among other benefits, more nutritious and safer foods, better agronomical traits,
and ...
Author: Kirsi-Marja Oksman-Caldentey
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203910842
Category: Science
Page: 720
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Contains case studies illustrating the cell culture production of pigments, flavors, and antineoplastic compounds Plant Biotechnology and Transgenic Plants covers topics that range from food to fragrances to fuel. It includes discussions of technologies and research on the engineering, synthesis, utilization, and control of primary and secondary plant metabolites such as carbohydrates, amino acids, lipids, polymers, proteins, and phytochemicals for industrial, pharmaceutical, and food and feed applications. The editors put the emphasis on recent methods in farming, plant propagation, and breeding and modern procedures to formulate more effective biopharmaceuticals.2.1. Comparison of cross-breeding with transgene. 2.1 The Importance of
Biotechnology in Plant Breeding Plant biotechnology is a general term describing
a research domain, covering a broad spectrum of methodologies and techniques.
Author: Gerhard Flachowsky
Publisher: CABI
ISBN: 9781780641768
Category: Science
Page: 248
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Transgenic plants are cultivated on a large scale worldwide, and most of the harvested products are fed to domestic animals. By gathering together more than 150 feeding studies with food-producing animals, and covering both first and second generation transgenic plants, this book provides the first central resource of this information for researchers, students, policy makers and all those who are interested in future developments in the field.Transgenic. Modification. of. Flowering. Pierre Robert National Research Council
, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada I. INTRODUCTION The goal of most
breeding programs is ultimately to increase crop yield. Given the wide range of
intrinsic ...
Author: George C. Khachatourians
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780824744786
Category: Science
Page: 888
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This work details the advances in transgenic plant construction and explores the social, political, and legal aspects of genetic plant manipulation.Transgenic Plants – known also as Biotech Plants, Genetically Engineered
Plants, or Genetically Modified Plants – have ... Considering the urgent
requirement of transgenic plants and wide acceptance by the farmers, research
on transgenic ...
Author: Chittaranjan Kole
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642048099
Category: Science
Page: 807
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Development of transgenic crop plants, their utilization for improved agriculture, health, ecology and environment and their socio-political impacts are currently important fields in education, research and industries and also of interest to policy makers, social activists and regulatory and funding agencies. This work prepared with a class-room approach on this multidisciplinary subject will fill an existing gap and meet the requirements of such a broad section of readers. Volume 1 with ten chapters contributed by 31 eminent scientists from nine countries deliberates on the basic concepts, strategies and tools for development of transgenic crop plants, including topics such as: explants used for the generation of transgenic plants, gene transfer methods, organelle transformation, selection and screening strategies, expression and stability of transgenes, silencing undesirable genes, transgene integration, biosynthesis and biotransformation and metabolic engineering of pathways and gene discovery.Systems based on such transgenic crops might enable a return to winter fallows
and stubbles, with benefits to farmland flora, insects and birds. In the longer term
it may be useful to increase research into the genetic basis and gene transfer of ...
Author: Klaus Ammann
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9783034880336
Category: Science
Page: 177
View: 161
For centuries, TK has been used almost exclusively by its creators, that is, indigenous and local communities. Access to, use of and handing down of TK has been regulated by local laws, customs and tmditions. Some TK has been freely accessible by all members of an indigenous or local community and has been freely exchanged with other communities; other TK has only been known to particular individuals within these communities such as shamans, and has been handed down only to particular individuals of thc next generation. Over many generations, indigenous and local communities have accumulated a great deal of TK which has generally been adapted, developed and improved by the generations that followed. For a long time, Western anthropologists and other scientists have generally been able to freely access TK and have documented it in their works. Still, this TK was only seldom used outside the indigenous and local communities that created it. More recently, however, Western scientists have become aware that TK is neither outdated nor valueless knowledge, but, instead, 1 can be useful to solve some of the problems facing today's world. Modem science, for example, has shown an increased interest in some fornls ofTK as knowledge that can be used in 4 research and development (R&D) activities and be integrated in modem innovations. This holds especially true for TK regarding genetic resources, which has been integrated in modem 6 phannaceuticals,s agro-chemicals and seed.This type of analysis demonstrates how economics may provide useful
information for directing transgenic plant research . Determining optimal
investment levels and strategies for public , private , and cooperative research is
important .
Author: Shain-dow Kung
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0124287824
Category: Science
Page: 265
View: 385
Volumes 1 and 2 of Transgenic Plants assemble important information on transgenic crops which has appeared scattered in many different publications. These two volumes are a significant milestone in plant/agricultural biology, promote the practical application of recombinant DNA technology, and assist in transforming the agricultural industry.Transgenic. Plants. Expressing. Viral. Sequences. Peter Palukaitis^ and Igor B.
Kaplan1 1 Dept. of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA 2
Virology Department, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee,
DD2 ...
Author: Mark Tepfer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540632573
Category: Nature
Page: 126
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These Proceedings evolved from the OECD Co-operative Research Programme workshop on "Potential ecological impact of transgenic plants expressing viral sequencies", held at the Agricultural Biotechnology Center in Gödöllö, Hungary on 24-26 April 1997. The OECD Co-operative Research Programme At the Directorate for Agrieulture of the Organisation for Economie Co-operation and Development (OECD) a co-operative research programme for "Biological Resource Management" has existed since 1990. It foeuses on work in four specific topie areas, one of whieh is "Ecology and utilisation of new organisms" (Theme 3). The activities promoted by this programme are post-doctoral fellowships (announced annually), and the organisation of expert workshops (1-2 workshops per Theme per year). The 26 OECD member countries participating in this programme are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, ltaly, Korea, Japan, the NetherIands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, SwitzerIand, Turkey, the UK, and the USA.According to a study from Jinan, People's Republic of China, “Cereal crops
accumulate starch in the seed endosperm as an ... that the transgenes were
integrated into the genome of transgenic plants and were over-expressed in their
progeny.
Author:
Publisher: ScholarlyEditions
ISBN: 9781481645386
Category: Science
Page: 996
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Issues in Life Sciences—Botany and Plant Biology Research: 2012 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. The editors have built Issues in Life Sciences—Botany and Plant Biology Research: 2012 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Plant Nutrition and Soil Science in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Life Sciences—Botany and Plant Biology Research: 2012 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.France) International Symposium on Plant Lipids 1944 (Paris N. Murata, M.
Yamada, I. Nishida, H. Okuyama, Jiro Sekiya, W. Hajime. TRANSGENIC OIL
PALM : WHERE ARE WE ? G.K.A. PARVEEZ , R. OMAR A.M.Y. MASANI , H.F.
HALIZA ...
Author: France) International Symposium on Plant Lipids 1944 (Paris
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402011059
Category: Science
Page: 439
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The International Symposia on Plant Lipids, the 15th of which was held in Okazaki, Japan, in May 12-17, 2002, is held every two years and is the only international meeting in this field. The almost 100 contributions from the symposium collected in this book represent the most up-to-date research results on plant lipids, including their structure, analysis, biosynthesis, regulation, physiological function, environmental aspects, and biotechnology, obtained world-wide during the last two years.... it was obvious to the authors , that not only the physical establishment of a
transgenic plant outside the cultivated area was ... Financial support , which
made the work possible , was given by : The National Environmental Research
Institute ...
Author: Gösta Kjellsson
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3764356960
Category: Plants
Page: 308
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This book is a compilation of current test methods useful in risk assessment of transgenic plants. It is a continuation of Methods for Risk Assessment of Transgenic Plants I. Competition, Establishment and Ecosystem Effects . The present volume focuses on processes in gene-transfer, incorporation of genes and the effects on populations. It is intended to support researchers with an overview of transgenes in non-transgenic planes. The book may also be used by biologists working with plant population biology, pollination ecology, and genetics. The major processes affecting the fate of genes are covered with emphasis on pollination, gene-transfer, and persistence of genes in populations. Different categories and subcategories are used to select the relevant test methods, using 65 key-subcategory words covering 77 methods in total. Each method is described and evaluated briefly and succinctly with comments on assumptions, restrictions, advantages, applications, and a selection of references. Special chapters are provided on: Genetic engineering techniques, inserted traits and principles for risk assessment of transgenic plants. An extensive bibliography provides entry into the scientific background and cross references and review lists make it possible to find all relevant sources quickly. Contents List of Contributors Preface 1. Introduction 1.1 New Developments 1.2 Main purposes of the book 1.3 How to use the book 2. Glossary of terms and abbreviations 3. Categories and corresponding subcategories 4. List of subcategories with corresponding subcategories 5. List of methods with corresponding subcategories 6. Synopsis of subcategories and recommended methods 6.1 List of subcategories with corresponding references 6.2 List of categories with corresponding reviews 7. List of the methods and their description 7.1 Organization of the description of methods 7.2 List of methods 7.3 Description of methods 8. Genetic engineering techniques 8.1 Methods of DNA transfer 9. Inserted traits for transgenic plants 9.1 Herbicide tolerance 9.2 Pest tolerance 9.3 Pathogen tolerance 9.4 Changed flower characteristics 9.5 Changed metabolic content 9.6 Stress tolerance 9.7 Outlook for the future 10. Principles and procedures for risk assessment 10.1 The theory of ecological risk assessment 10.2 Established and new concepts for ecological risk assessment of GMP 10.3 Risk assessment and the type of environment 10.4 The role of modelling in ecological risk assessment 11. References 12. Subject indexSu and colleagues published their study in The Plant Cell (Cucumber mosaic
virus movement protein severs actin ... gene confers immunity to wheat streak
mosaic virus infection in transgenic wheat plants Current study results from the
report, ...
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Publisher: ScholarlyEditions
ISBN: 9781464941696
Category: Science
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Plant Viruses: Advances in Research and Treatment: 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyBrief™ that delivers timely, authoritative, comprehensive, and specialized information about Plant Viruses in a concise format. The editors have built Plant Viruses: Advances in Research and Treatment: 2011 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Plant Viruses in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Plant Viruses: Advances in Research and Treatment: 2011 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.Altered plant and flower morphology, varieties and color combinations, enhanced
fragrance and long vase-life are some of the ... Unit Bioscience, Plant Research
International, Wageningen University and Research III.2 Carnation 1 Introduction.
Author: Eng Chong Pua
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783540717119
Category: Technology & Engineering
Page: 442
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This volume, Transgenic Crops VI, includes the following broad topic sections: Oils and Fibers, Medicinal Crops, Ornamental Crops, Forages and Grains, Regulatory and Intellectual Property of Genetically Manipulated Plants. It is an invaluable reference for plant breeders, researchers and graduate students in the fields of plant biotechnology, agronomy, horticulture, forestry, genetics, and both plant cell and molecular biology.The Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Tower Rd., Ithaca, NY l4853,
USA; 'School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-l60l,
USA; 'Department of Molecular Biology d Microbiology, University of Central ...
Author: Ian S. Curtis
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402023324
Category: Technology & Engineering
Page: 454
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Since the first transgenic plants were produced back in the early 1980s, there have been substantial developments towards the genetic engineering of most crops of our world. Initial studies using isolated plant cells and removing their cell walls to form protoplasts, offered the possibility of transferring genetic material by Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer, chemical agents or electrical charges. However, in those cases were isolated protoplasts could be transformed, often, a shoot regeneration system was not available to induce the production of transgenic plants and any such regenerated plants were subject to mutation or chromosomal of cultured plant organs, such as leaf abnormalities. By the mid-1980s, the use disks, offered the convenience of combining gene transfer, plant regeneration and selection of transformants in a single system. This approach, enabled the production of stable, phenotypically-normal, transgenic potato and tomato plants in culture. By the late 1980s, the use of biolistics offered a means of inserting foreign genes into plant cells which where inaccessible to Agrobacterium infection. Even today, this technology is now standard practice for the production of some transgenic plants.According to news reporting from Rome, Italy, by NewsRx journalists, research
stated, “During the production and assessment of transgenic plants resistant to
quarantine viruses, the need to contain genetically modified plants (GMPs) and ...
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ISBN: 9781481691468
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Plant Viruses—Advances in Research and Application: 2013 Edition is a ScholarlyBrief™ that delivers timely, authoritative, comprehensive, and specialized information about ZZZAdditional Research in a concise format. The editors have built Plant Viruses—Advances in Research and Application: 2013 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about ZZZAdditional Research in this book to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Plant Viruses—Advances in Research and Application: 2013 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.