Engineering the plastid genome based on homologous recombination is well developed in
a few model species. Homologous recombination is also the rule in mitochondria, but …

Basic research has provided a much better understanding of the genetic networks and
regulatory hierarchies in plants. To meet the challenges of agriculture, we must be able to …

Chloroplasts are known to sustain life on earth by providing food, fuel, and oxygen through
the process of photosynthesis. However, the chloroplast genome has also been smartly …

With distribution of genetic materials and advance molecular characteristics, the chloroplast
is prokaryotic compartments within the eukaryotic plants that have turned into a crucial …

Plastid transformation is widely used in basic research and for biotechnological applications.
Initially developed in Chlamydomonas and tobacco, it is now feasible in a broad range of …

During the evolution of the eukaryotic cell, plastids, and mitochondria arose from an
endosymbiotic process, which determined the presence of three genetic compartments into …

Chloroplasts, the green differentiation form of a group of plant cell organelles called plastids,
are the sites of photosynthesis, the main energy source for life on Earth. The small circular …

Plastid transformation has emerged as an alternative platform to generate transgenic plants.
Attractive features of this technology include specific integration of transgenes—either …

Production of recombinant subunit vaccines from genes incorporated in the plastid genome
is advantageous because of the attainable expression level due to high transgene copy …

The world population is expected to reach an estimated 9.2 billion by 2050. Therefore, food
production globally has to increase by 70% in order to feed the world, while total arable …