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Stable plastid transformation in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.).
Plant molecular biology - 1 Aug 2005
Lelivelt Cilia L C, McCabe Matthew S, Newell Christine A, deSnoo C Bastiaan, van Dun Kees M P, Birch-Machin Ian, Gray John C, Mills Kingston H G, Nugent Jacqueline M
Abstract excerpt
Although plastid transformation in higher plants was first demonstrated in the early 1990s it is only recently that the technology is being extended to a broader range of species. To date, the production of fertile transplastomic plants has been reported for tobacco, tomato, petunia, soybean, cotton and Lesquerella fendleri (Brassicaceae). In this study we demonstrate a polyethylene glycol-mediated plastid...
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