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New tools for chloroplast genetic engineering

Nature Biotechnology volume 17, pages 855–856 (1999)Cite this article

Environmental concerns have led to a growing public wariness of genetically modified crops around the world. A common concern is the possibility of gene escape through pollen or seed dispersal from crop plants engineered for herbicide resistance to their weedy relatives, possibly creating "superweeds" or causing gene pollution among other crops. The introduction of genes via chloroplast genetic engineering was recently advanced as a potential solution to this problem. In this issue, two new important tools are described that should facilitate the development of the field of chloroplast genetic engineering: a novel DNA delivery system for eukaryotic organelles1 and a fluorescent antibiotic marker to track plastid transformation2.

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Daniell, H. New tools for chloroplast genetic engineering. Nat Biotechnol 17, 855–856 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/12841

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