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Nature Nanotechnology 2, 272 - 273 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.118
Subject Category: Nanobiotechnology
Nanobiotechnology: Silica breaks through in plants
David W. Galbraith1
- David W. Galbraith is at the Bio5 Institute for Collaborative Bioresearch, and the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, 303 Forbes Building, Tucson Arizona 85721 USA. e-mail: galbraith@arizona.edu
Abstract
Designer nanotubes based on mesoporous silica can now penetrate the thick cell walls of plants and deliver DNA and their activators. This opens the way to precisely manipulate gene expression in plants at the single-cell level.
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Mesoporous silica nanoparticles deliver DNA and chemicals into plantsNature Nanotechnology Letter (01 May 2007)
