Ow David W
Plant Gene Expression Center, USDA-ARS and University of California at Berkeley, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, California 94710, USA.
Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2007 Apr;18(2):115-20. doi: 10.1016/j.copbio.2007.02.004. Epub 2007 Mar 13.
The term plant genetic engineering has long conveyed a highly efficient and precise process for the manipulation of plant genomes. For nearly two decades, research on recombinase-based applications has steadily advanced the surgical capabilities of plant genome rearrangements. Once considered interesting laboratory exercises, a first crop plant derived from this type of DNA acrobatics is heading to market. Originally configured for a specific application, to remove a selectable marker, it could be the first of more to come - and not just market-free plants.
长期以来，植物基因工程这一术语一直传达着一种用于操纵植物基因组的高效且精确的过程。近二十年来，基于重组酶应用的研究稳步提升了植物基因组重排的操作能力。曾经被视为有趣的实验室操作，一种源自这种DNA杂技般操作的首批作物正走向市场。它最初是为特定应用而设计的，即去除一个选择标记，它可能是更多此类产品中的第一个——而且不仅仅是无转基因植物。
