The small bacterial-type genome of the plastid (chloroplast) can be engineered by genetic
transformation, generating cells and plants with transgenic plastid genomes, also referred to …

Chloroplasts are intracellular organelles in plants which contain the entire machinery
necessary for the process of photosynthesis. They also participate in the biosynthesis of …

Double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) targeted against essential genes can trigger a lethal RNA
interference (RNAi) response in insect pests. The application of this concept in plant …

The entire chloroplast genome of the monocot rice (Oryza sativa) has been sequenced and
comprises 134525 bp. Predicted genes have been identified along with open reading …

The most bacteria-like mitochondrial genome known is that of the jakobid flagellate
Reclinomonas americana NZ. This genome also encodes the largest known gene set …

Publisher Summary This chapter highlights endosymbiont hypothesis. All contemporary
genomes (including those of plastids and mitochondria) ultimately derive from a single …

The plastid genome (plastome) has proved a valuable source of data for evaluating
evolutionary relationships among angiosperms. Through basic and applied approaches …

The P30 protein of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) is required for cell to cell movement of viral
RNA, which presumably occurs through plant intercellular connections, the plasmodesmata …

The engineering of complex metabolic pathways requires the concerted expression of
multiple genes. In plastids (chloroplasts) of plant cells, genes are organized in operons that …

Lettuce and tobacco chloroplast transgenic lines expressing the cholera toxin B subunit–
human proinsulin (CTB‐Pins) fusion protein were generated. CTB‐Pins accumulated up to …