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Nature Biotechnology 26, 653 - 654 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nbt0608-653

Stable transgenes bear fruit

Ajay Kohli1 & Paul Christou2

  1. Ajay Kohli is at the Institute for Research on Environment & Sustainability (IRES), Devonshire Building, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle, NE1 7RU, UK.
  2. Paul Christou is at ICREA, Universitat de Lleida, PVCF, Av Alcalde Rovira Roure, 191, E-25198, Lleida, Spain. e-mail: christou@pvcf.udl.es


Analysis of the transgenic papaya genome sequence suggests that transgenes generally stay put following integration and can achieve stable expression level from generation to generation.

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