An intellectual property sharing initiative in agricultural biotechnology: Development of broadly accessible technologies for plant transformation

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 501-510

  Chi Ham, Cecilia L ^a   Boettiger, Sara ^a,b   Figueroa Balderas, Rosa ^a   Bird, Sara ^a,c   Geoola, Josef N ^a,d   Zamora, Pablo ^a   Alandete Saez, Monica ^a   Bennett, Alan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Bush Loan   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FTO; Licensing; Patent; Plant transformation; Regulatory; Translational research

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROP; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATENT; RESEARCH; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOUNDATIONS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PATENTS AS TOPIC; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 84860450589     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2011.00674.x     Document Type: Review

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