Imagine a world in which any protein, either naturally occurring or designed by man, could
be produced safely, inexpensively and in almost unlimited quantities using only simple …

Plants provide an inexpensive and convenient system for the large-scale production of
valuable recombinant proteins. This principle has been demonstrated by the commercial …

Research on the biochemistry and molecular biology of lipids and lipoproteins has
experienced remarkable growth in the past 20 years, particularly with the realization that …

Plant Biochemistry, Fifth Edition, enables students to gain basic knowledge of the entire
field, from photosynthesis to genetic engineering and its many commercial applications …

The use of whole plants for the synthesis of recombinant proteins has received a great deal
of attention recently because of advantages in economy, scalability and safety compared …

Plants are now gaining widespread acceptance as a general platform for the large-scale
production of recombinant proteins. The first plant-derived recombinant pharmaceutical …

Plant protoplasts (“naked” cells) provide a unique single cell system to underpin several
aspects of modern biotechnology. Major advances in genomics, proteomics, and …

Approximately fifty marker genes used for transgenic and transplastomic plant research or
crop development have been assessed for efficiency, biosafety, scientific applications and …

The potential of genetically modified (GM) crops to transfer foreign genes through pollen to
related plant species has been cited as an environmental concern. Until more is known …

▪ Abstract Plastids of higher plants are semi-autonomous organelles with a small, highly
polyploid genome and their own transcription-translation machinery. This review provides …