10 Chloroplast Genetic Engineering for Enhanced Agronomic Traits and Expression of Proteins for Medical/Industrial Applications
Annual Plant Reviews book series, Volume 13: Plastids
Andrew L. Devine,
Henry Daniell,
Andrew L. Devine
Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, University of Central Florida, Biomolecular Science, Bldg #20, Room 336, Orlando, FL, 32816–2364 USA
Search for more papers by this authorHenry Daniell
Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, University of Central Florida, Biomolecular Science, Bldg #20, Room 336, Orlando, FL, 32816–2364 USA
Search for more papers by this authorAndrew L. Devine,
Henry Daniell,
Andrew L. Devine
Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, University of Central Florida, Biomolecular Science, Bldg #20, Room 336, Orlando, FL, 32816–2364 USA
Search for more papers by this authorHenry Daniell
Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, University of Central Florida, Biomolecular Science, Bldg #20, Room 336, Orlando, FL, 32816–2364 USA
Search for more papers by this authorThis article was originally published in 2005 in Plastids, Volume 13 (ISBN 9781405118828) of the Annual Plant Reviews book series, this volume edited by Simon Geir Møller. The article was republished in Annual Plant Reviews online in April 2018.
Abstract
The sections in this article are
- Introduction
- Historical Aspects
- Unique Features of Chloroplast Genetic Engineering
- Maternal Inheritance and Gene Containment
- Crop Species Stably Transformed via the Plastid Genome
- Agronomic Traits Conferred via the Plastid Genome
- Transgenic Plastids as Bioreactors
- Biomaterials, Enzymes, and Amino Acids
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
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