Vol 57(6-7-8) | The International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volume 57 > Issue 6-7-8 (Special Issue)

Plant Transgenesis

Edited by: Mieke Van Lijsebettens and Geert Angenon

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Herbicide tolerant and lepidopteran resistant transgenic cotton, commercialized in the major cotton producing countries. This cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) which produces the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) protein which is a natural insecticide against the larvae of Lepidoptera such as Helicoverpa zea (cotton bollworm), is cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions in the world. (Top) Cotton bollworm damage of a young cotton boll. (Bottom) Cotton fiber developed in a mature boll of insect resistant cotton. (Images kindly provided by Stefan Jansens, and reproduced with permission of Bayer CropScience, Gent).

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Preface

Thirty years of transgenic research in plants

Mieke Van Lijsebettens and Geert Angenon

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2013) 57: 445-447

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.130062mv

Agrobacterium tumefaciens – the gate to plant transgenesis

Fundamental discoveries and simple recombination between circular plasmid DNAs led to widespread use of Agrobacterium tumefaciens as a generalized vector for plant genetic engineering

Patricia Zambryski

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2013) 57: 449-452

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.130190pz

From the tumor-inducing principle to plant biotechnology and its importance for society

Geert Angenon, Mieke Van Lijsebettensand Marc Van Montagu

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2013) 57: 453-460

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.130295ga

Transgenic plants: from first successes to future applications

Mieke Van Lijsebettens, Geert Angenon and Marc De Block

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2013) 57: 461-465

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.130063mv

The roles of bacterial and host plant factors in Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation

Benoît Lacroix and Vitaly Citovsky

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2013) 57: 467-481

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.130199bl

OPEN ACCESS

Higher plant transformation: principles and molecular tools

Sylvester Anami, Elizabeth Njuguna, Griet Coussens, Stijn Aesaert and Mieke Van Lijsebettens

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2013) 57: 483-494

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.130232mv

Genetic transformation of major cereal crops

Qing Ji, Xing Xu and Kan Wang

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2013) 57: 495-508

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.130244kw

Transgenic technology in basic research

Transgenes and their contributions to epigenetic research

Peter Meyer

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2013) 57: 509-515

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.120254pm

High-throughput analysis of rice genes by means of the heterologous full-length cDNA overexpressor (FOX)-hunting system

Mieko Higuchi-Takeuchi, Masaki Mori and Minami Matsui

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2013) 57: 517-523

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.130176mm

OPEN ACCESS

From jellyfish to biosensors: the use of fluorescent proteins in plants

Ute Voss, Antoine Larrieu and Darren M. Wells

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2013) 57: 525-533

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.130208dw

Fluorescent protein marker lines in maize: generation and applications

Qingyu Wu, Anding Luo, Tara Zadrozny, Anne Sylvester and Dave Jackson

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2013) 57: 535-543

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.130240qw

OPEN ACCESS

The use of fluorescence-activated cell sorting in studying plant development and environmental responses

Anthony D. Carter, Roxanna Bonyadi and Miriam L. Gifford

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2013) 57: 545-552

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.130195mg

The moss Physcomitrella patens: methods and tools from cultivation to targeted analysis of gene function

Christoph Strotbek, Stefan Krinninger and Wolfgang Frank

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2013) 57: 553-564

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.130189wf

Biotechnological applications

Engineering metabolic pathways in plants by multigene transformation

Uxue Zorrilla-López, Gemma Masip, Gemma Arjó, Chao Bai, Raviraj Banakar, Ludovic Bassie, Judit Berman, Gemma Farré, Bruna Miralpeix, Eduard Pérez-Massot, Maite Sabalza, Georgina Sanahuja, Evangelia Vamvaka, Richard M. Twyman, Paul Christou, Changfu Zhu and Teresa Capell

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2013) 57: 565-576

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.130162pc

Transformation of leguminous plants to study symbiotic interactions

Anelia Iantcheva, Kirankumar S. Mysore and Pascal Ratet

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2013) 57: 577-586

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.130239pr

Role of plant expression systems in antibody production for passive immunization

Vikram Virdi and Ann Depicker

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2013) 57: 587-593

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.130266ad

Biotechnology of nutrient uptake and assimilation in plants

Damar L. López-Arredondo, Marco A. Leyva-González, Fulgencio Alatorre-Cobos and Luis Herrera-Estrella