Transgene-induced pleiotropic effects in transplastomic plants

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 229-239

  Scotti, N ^a   Cardi, T ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Centro di Ricerca per l'Orticoltura   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chloroplasts; Mutant phenotypes; Plastid transformation; Pleiotropic effects; Recombinant proteins

Indexed keywords

GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; CHLOROPLASTS; EFFECTIVE SYSTEMS; MUTANT PHENOTYPE; NUCLEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; PLANT CHLOROPLASTS; PLASTID TRANSFORMATION; PLEIOTROPIC EFFECTS;

RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

CHLOROPLAST; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CHLOROPLASTS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84892489162     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-013-1356-6     Document Type: Review

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