Jones L H
Biochem Soc Symp. 1983;48:221-32.
Biotechnological developments in the use of plant cells as sources of biochemicals have now brought several applications within commercial range. Plant propagation has developed faster commercially, but now requires similar biotechnology to enable the automated production of large numbers of plants at low cost. Although some of the enabling technology has been developed for pregerminated seeds this has not been coupled to production of plantlets in bioreactors. Our present lack of knowledge of how to control gene expression in plant cells, which stems from our ignorance of the organization and regulation of the plant genome, is a critical factor limiting all applications of plant cell cultures.
将植物细胞用作生物化学物质来源的生物技术发展现已使多种应用进入商业范围。植物繁殖在商业上发展得更快，但现在需要类似的生物技术来实现以低成本自动化生产大量植物。尽管已经为预发芽种子开发了一些支持技术，但尚未与生物反应器中小植株的生产相结合。我们目前对如何控制植物细胞中基因表达缺乏了解，这源于我们对植物基因组的组织和调控的无知，是限制植物细胞培养所有应用的关键因素。
