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Stable transgenes bear fruit

Nature Biotechnology volume 26, pages 653–654 (2008)Cite this article

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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Figure 1: Natural transgenesis in plants.

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  1. Ajay Kohli is at the Institute for Research on Environment & Sustainability (IRES), Devonshire Building, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle, NE1 7RU, UK.,

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  2. Paul Christou is at ICREA, Universitat de Lleida, PVCF, Av Alcalde Rovira Roure, 191, E-25198, Lleida, Spain. christou@pvcf.udl.es,

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Kohli, A., Christou, P. Stable transgenes bear fruit. Nat Biotechnol 26, 653–654 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0608-653

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