Genetic engineering of the chloroplast: Novel tools and new applications

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue , 2014, Pages 7-13

  Bock, Ralph ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPHARMACEUTICALS; COST-EFFECTIVE PRODUCTION; EXPRESSION LEVELS; PLASTID TRANSFORMATION; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; RECENT RESEARCHES; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; TRANSGENE EXPRESSION;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY); TOOLS;

SEED;

ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ACCD GENE; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOREACTOR; CHLOROPLAST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROP IMPROVEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; PLASTID GENOME; PLASTID TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSBA GENE; PSBB GENE; REVIEW; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; TOBACCO; TOMATO; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHLOROPLASTS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; OPERON; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84883266614     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2013.06.004     Document Type: Review

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