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Plant Biotechnology: References
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I. Production of Transgenic Plants
Miki BLA, Iyer VN (1997) Fundamentals of gene transfer in plants. In: Dennis DT, Turpin DH,
Lefebvre DD, Layzell DB, eds. Plant Metabolism. 2nd ed. Longman, Harlow, chap. 35
[ROBINSON 572.42-PLA, 581.133-PLA; MEDICAL 572.42-PLA]
Walden R, Wingender R (1995) Gene-transfer and plant-regeneration techniques. Trends in
Biotechnology 13:324-331 [Also available in Robinson C, ed. (1995) Plant-Product and
Crop Biotechnology. Cambridge: Elsevier Trends Journals. MEDICAL 576.5-TRE,
616.042-TRE]
II. Applications of Transgenic Plants
A.
Overviews
Hitz WD, Pierce JW (1997) The biochemical basis of crop improvement. In: Dennis DT,
Turpin DH, Lefebvre DD, Layzell DB, eds. Plant Metabolism. 2nd ed. Longman, Harlow,
chap. 37 [ROBINSON 572.42-PLA, 581.133-PLA; MEDICAL 572.42-PLA]
Kridl JC, Shewmaker CK (1996) Food for thought: improvement of food quality and
composition through genetic engineering. In: Collins GB, Shepherd RJ, eds., Engineering
Plants for Commercial Products and Applications. New York Academy of Sciences, New
York, pp. 1-12 [MEDICAL 616.042-ENG]
Biotechnology Industry Organization (2003) Agricultural Biotech Products on the Market
<http://www.bio.org/er/agri_products.asp> [List of current and likely future biotech
products (not all transgenic)]
B.
Herbicide resistance
Padgette SR et al. (1995) Development, identification, and characterization of a glyphosatetolerant soybean line. Crop Science 35:1451-1461. [Detailed report on the herbicide
resistance gene and production of the transgenic plants]
Padgette SR et al. (1996) New weed control opportunities: development of soybeans with a
Roundup Ready™ gene. In: Duke SO, ed., Herbicide-Resistant Crops: Agricultural,
Environmental, Economic, Regulatory, and Technical Aspects. CRC Press, Boca Raton,
pp. 53-84 [Review with thorough discussion of safety issues; ROBINSON 632.954-HER]
C.
Vitamin A
Beyer P, Al-Babili S, Ye X, Lucca P, Schaub P, Welsch R, Potrykus I (2002) Golden rice:
introducing the -carotene biosynthesis pathway into rice endosperm by genetic
engineering to defeat vitamin A deficiency. Journal of Nutrition 132:506S-510S [Review]
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D.
Useful proteins from plants
1.
Seed storage proteins
Tabe L, Higgins TJV (1998) Engineering plant protein composition for improved nutrition.
Trends in Plant Science 3:282-286 [Review]
White CL et al. (2001) Increased efficiency of wool growth and live weight gain in Merino
sheep fed transgenic lupin seed containing sunflower albumin. Journal of the Science of
Food and Agriculture 81:147-154
2.
Phytase
Brinch-Pedersen H, Sorensen LD, Holm PB (2002) Engineering crop plants: getting a handle on
phosphate. Trends in Plant Science 7:118-125
3.
Increasing iron availability
Lucca P, Hurrell R, Potrykus I (2001) Approaches to improving the bioavailability and level of
iron in rice seeds. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 81:828-834
4.
Oral vaccines: hepatitis B
Kong Q et al. (2001) Oral immunization with hepatitis B surface antigen expressed in
transgenic plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA
98:11539-11544
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