… transformation of the plastid genome in tobacco, which occurred in my laboratory (151). Plants
with transformed plastid … on the methodology of plastid transformation in higher plants and …

… into plant cells by high-speed bombardment through a gene gun or a particle delivery system.
This method can be applied to various plants … plastid transformation method works on plant …

… useful when resistant plant areas are not readily recognizable. This novel method is an
important step toward plastid transformation of monocots where transformation is not associated …

… Transformation of the plastid genome in flowering plants Plastid transformation requires: (1)
a method … The research on plastid transformation from this laboratory reviewed in this article, …

… has been implemented in numerous flowering plant species. This review will focus on the
methods for engineering the plastid genome of flowering plants and gives an overview of the …

… the methodology of plastid transformation and the toolbox that has been assembled by
the community over the years, discusses current limitations and future challenges in plastid …

… for plastid transformation including the delivery of DNA by biolistic method, the selection/regeneration
of transplastomic plants, and the molecular analyses to select homoplasmic plants …

… plants is achieved routinely by several alternative methods … been reported recently in the
plastid genome of a unicellular … genetic transformation ofthe plastid genome in a higher plant, …

… -green plastids, and the improvements in plant regeneration … methods, will allow to extend
the plastid transformation technology to a larger set of plant species, including edible plants …

… recover fully segregated plants. This article discusses the technology of transforming the
plastid genome, the positive and negative features compared with nuclear transformation, and …