Promiscuity in transgenic plants
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The ecological risks of genetically modified crops are of concern when inherent barriers to the spread of transgenes are lacking. In highly selfing species, such as Arabidopsis thaliana, the risk is believed to be negligible. However in field experiments, transgenic A. thaliana exhibited increased ability to donate pollen to nearby wild-type mothers, compared to mutant A. thaliana, when each expresses the mutant allele Csr1-1.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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Plants combat infection by gene silencing
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Plants with resistance evoke an incompatible interaction in the infected area to fight off viruses. Plants with transgenes with the same homology as the infecting virus can also resist infection by silencing the gene expression. A natural resistance of Kohlrabi (Brassica oleracea gongylodes) to the DNA pararetrovirus cauliflower mosaic virus, involving post-transcriptional gene silencing, is described.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1997
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Engineering disease resistance in plants
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It has not yet been possible to develop disease-resistant transgenic plants,but knowledge in this area is increasing all the time. Current sequencing of crop plant genomes, along with wide-reaching gene expression and functional gene analysis, will enhance the development of transgenic disease-resistant plants.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
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