Transgenic plant

Transgenic Plants
Progress is being made on several fronts to introduce new traits into plants using recombinant DNA technology.

Transgenic Plants
The only plasmid that plant cells take up is the Ti (tumor-inducing) plasmid from the bacterium Agrobacterium. The plasmid transferred by this bacterium causes plants to form a gall.

Transgenic plant. Genetically engineered plant or offspring of genetically engineered plants. The transgenic plant usually contains material from at least one unrelated organisms, such as from a virus, animal, or other plant. See Transgenic.

If transgenic plants can help prevent vitamin deficiencies, can they also produce vaccines? Edible vaccines available in crops could help people in developing nations where transportation, refrigeration, and disposable needle supplies are limited.

Used to generate transgenic plants, binary vectors are cloning vectors which are able to replicate in both E. coli and Agrobacterium tumefaciens, which are bacteria that are often used in biotechnology.

See Transgenic animal, Transgenic plant. Transgenic animal. Genetically enginnered animal or offspring of genetically engineered animals.

It can also refer to transgenic animals or transgenic plants, such as Bt corn. Genetically altered Mammalian cells, such as Chinese Hamster ovarian cells, are also widely used to manufacture pharmaceuticals.

Bacillus thuringiensis: This bacteria is pathogenic to insects and the gene for its toxin is used to create transgenic plants with their own insecticide.
Bacteriophage: A virus that infects a bacterium.

Animals usually are made transgenic by having a small sequence of foreign DNA injected into a fertilized egg or developing embryo. Transgenic plants can be made by introducing foreign DNA into a variety of different tissues.

Transgenic plants and animals that make important drugs. Researchers are seeking to produce greater quantities of useful medicines at less expense. That way, the medicines could be available to more people who need them.

See also: Plant, Trans, Transgenic, Bacteria, Organ