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Strategies for expression of foreign genes in plants Potential use of engineered viruses
Author(s) -
Joshi Rajiv L.,
Joshi Vandana
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(91)80346-5
Subject(s) - microbiology and biotechnology , genetically modified crops , gene transfer , gene , recombinant dna , gene engineering , gene technology , genetically engineered , biology , plant virus , computational biology , genetics , transgene , virus
Advances in gene transfer techniques for higher plants have already permitted important achievements towards crop protection and improvement using recombinant DNA technology. Besides plant genetic engineering, the possible use of plant viruses to express foreign genes could be of considerable interest to plant biotechnology. However, insuring containment of engineered viruses for environmental use is an important safety issue that must be addressed.