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Expressing insecticidal proteins from sources other than Bacillus thuringiensis in crop plants should reduce the likelihood for development of insect resistance to toxins.
Long-lived fuel cells lacking diffusional electron mediators have been created that convert simple and abundant sugars into electricity with >80% efficiency.
Characterization and manipulation of a novel prenyltransferase from monocot plant seeds reveal its capacity to produce tocotrienols and increase this form of vitamin E in transgenic plants by 10- to 15-fold.