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Plant genomes: the organization and expression of plant genes |
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1 | (36) |
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1 | (1) |
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DNA, chromatin, and chromosome structure |
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1 | (5) |
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4 | (2) |
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An introduction to gene structure and gene expression |
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6 | (10) |
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Gene structure and expression in a eukaryotic protein-coding gene |
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6 | (4) |
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10 | (6) |
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Regulation of gene expression |
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16 | (6) |
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16 | (1) |
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16 | (2) |
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RNA modification, splicing, turnover, and transport |
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18 | (2) |
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20 | (1) |
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Post-translational modification |
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21 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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Implications for plant transformation |
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22 | (4) |
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Examples of promoter elements used to drive transgene expression |
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26 | (1) |
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26 | (1) |
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26 | (1) |
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Genome size and organization |
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27 | (1) |
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Arabidopsis and the new technologies |
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28 | (5) |
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Genome-sequencing project---technology, findings, and applications |
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28 | (3) |
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Biotechnological implications of the AGI |
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31 | (1) |
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Crop plant genome sequencing |
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31 | (2) |
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33 | (1) |
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34 | (3) |
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37 | (17) |
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37 | (1) |
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37 | (7) |
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Plasticity and totipotency |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (3) |
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44 | (4) |
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44 | (1) |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (1) |
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46 | (1) |
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Shoot tip and meristem culture |
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46 | (1) |
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46 | (1) |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (3) |
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48 | (2) |
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Cereal regeneration via somatic embryogenesis from immature or matue embryos |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (1) |
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Integration of plant tissue culture into plant transformation portocols |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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Techniques for plant transformation |
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54 | (23) |
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54 | (1) |
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Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer |
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54 | (2) |
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The biology Agrobacterium |
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54 | (2) |
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56 | (3) |
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56 | (3) |
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The process of T-DNA transfer and integration |
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59 | (2) |
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Signal recognition by Agrobacterium |
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60 | (1) |
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Attachment to plant cells |
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60 | (1) |
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60 | (1) |
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60 | (1) |
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Transfer of T-DNA out of the bacterial cell |
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60 | (1) |
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Transfer of the T-DNA and vir proteins into the plant cell and nuclear localization |
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60 | (1) |
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Practical applications of Agrobacterium-medated plant transformation |
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61 | (3) |
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Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of tobacco |
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62 | (2) |
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64 | (2) |
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Direct gene-transfer methods |
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66 | (8) |
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67 | (1) |
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Biolistic transformation of rice |
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68 | (4) |
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Polyethylene glycol-mediated transformation |
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72 | (1) |
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73 | (1) |
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Silicon carbide fibres: WHISKERS™ |
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73 | (1) |
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74 | (1) |
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74 | (3) |
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Vectors for plant transformation |
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77 | (28) |
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77 | (1) |
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Desirable features of any plasmid vector |
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77 | (2) |
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Development of plant transformation vectors |
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79 | (1) |
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Basic features of vectors for plant trasformation |
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79 | (13) |
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Promoters and terminators |
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79 | (7) |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (4) |
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91 | (1) |
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Co-integrative and binary vectors |
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91 | (1) |
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Families of binary vectors |
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91 | (1) |
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92 | (8) |
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Arrangement of genes in the vector |
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95 | (3) |
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98 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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98 | (2) |
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100 | (1) |
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100 | (1) |
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101 | (4) |
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The genetic manipulation of herbicide tolerance |
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105 | (28) |
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105 | (1) |
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The use of herbicides in modern agriculture |
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106 | (5) |
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What types of compounds are herbicides? |
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107 | (4) |
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Strategies for engineering herbicide tolerance |
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111 | (16) |
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111 | (10) |
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121 | (2) |
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Prospects for plant detoxification systems |
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123 | (1) |
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Commercialization of herbicide-tolerant plants to date |
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124 | (2) |
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Engineering imidazolinone tolerance by targeted modification of endogenous plant genes |
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126 | (1) |
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The environmental impact of herbicide-tolerant crops |
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127 | (3) |
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The development of super-weeds |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (2) |
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The genetic manipulation of pest resistance |
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133 | (23) |
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133 | (1) |
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The nature and scale of insect pest damage to crops |
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134 | (1) |
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GM strategies for insect resistance: the Bacillus thuringiensis approach |
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134 | (6) |
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The use of B. thuringiensis as a biopesticide |
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138 | (1) |
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Bt-based genetic modification of plants |
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138 | (2) |
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Resistance of Bt maize to the Europen corn borer and other pests |
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140 | (6) |
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The problem of insect resistance to Bt |
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141 | (4) |
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The environmental impact of Bt crops |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (7) |
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149 | (4) |
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Insect-resistant crops and food safety |
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153 | (1) |
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153 | (1) |
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153 | (3) |
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156 | (28) |
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156 | (1) |
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Plant-pathogen interactions |
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157 | (3) |
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158 | (1) |
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158 | (2) |
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160 | (1) |
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Existing approaches to combating disease |
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160 | (2) |
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Natural disease-resistance pathway: overlap between pests and diseases |
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162 | (10) |
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162 | (1) |
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Pre-existing protein and chemical protection |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (7) |
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170 | (2) |
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Biotechnogical approaches to disease resistance |
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172 | (9) |
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Protection aganst pathogens |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (2) |
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Transgenic crops for food safety |
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176 | (1) |
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Induction of HR and SAR in transgenic plants |
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177 | (1) |
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178 | (1) |
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Developments for the future |
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179 | (1) |
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Other transgenic approaches |
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179 | (1) |
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Future prospects for breeding |
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179 | (1) |
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180 | (1) |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (2) |
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Reducing the effects of viral disease |
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184 | (28) |
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184 | (1) |
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184 | (4) |
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186 | (2) |
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Entry and replication: points of inhibition |
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188 | (1) |
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How has the agricultural community dealt with viruses? |
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189 | (3) |
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Developments in the sugar beet industry |
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190 | (2) |
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The transgenic approach: PDR |
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192 | (10) |
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Interactions involving viral proteins |
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192 | (2) |
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194 | (3) |
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197 | (5) |
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202 | (2) |
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203 | (1) |
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What has been commercialized in Western agriculture? |
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204 | (4) |
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Yellow squash and zucchini |
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204 | (1) |
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205 | (1) |
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205 | (1) |
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206 | (2) |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (3) |
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Strategies for engineering stress tolerance |
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212 | (25) |
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212 | (2) |
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The nature of abiotic stress |
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214 | (1) |
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The nature of water-deficit stress |
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214 | (8) |
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Different abiotic stresses create a water deficit |
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215 | (3) |
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Glycine betaine production |
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218 | (4) |
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Targeted approaches to manipulating tolerance to specific water-deficit stresses |
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222 | (7) |
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Alternative approaches to salt stress |
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222 | (1) |
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Na+./H+ antiporters improve salt tolerance in transgenic plants |
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223 | (1) |
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Alternative approaches to cold stress |
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224 | (1) |
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224 | (4) |
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228 | (1) |
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Secondary effects of abiotic stress: the production of ROS |
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229 | (5) |
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Strategy 1: Expression of enzymes involved in scavenging ROS |
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232 | (2) |
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Strategy 2: Production of antioxidants |
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234 | (1) |
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234 | (1) |
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234 | (3) |
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The improvement of crop yield and quality |
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237 | (30) |
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237 | (1) |
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The genetic manipulation of fruit ripening |
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238 | (18) |
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The genetic manipulation of fruit softening |
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240 | (3) |
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The genetic modification of ethylene biosynthesis |
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243 | (4) |
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247 | (4) |
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251 | (5) |
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Engineering plant protein composition for improved nutrition |
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256 | (2) |
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The genetic manipulation of crop cield by enhancement of photosynthesis |
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258 | (5) |
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Manipulation of light harvesting and the assimilate distribution: phytochromes |
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258 | (3) |
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Direct manipulation of photosynthesis: enhancement of dark reactions |
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261 | (2) |
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263 | (1) |
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263 | (4) |
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267 | (49) |
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267 | (1) |
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267 | (18) |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (4) |
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272 | (4) |
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Metabolic engineering of lipids |
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276 | (6) |
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282 | (3) |
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Molecular farming of proteins |
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285 | (22) |
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286 | (3) |
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The oleosin system: hirudin and insulin production |
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289 | (7) |
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Medically related proteins |
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296 | (4) |
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300 | (4) |
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304 | (3) |
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Economic and regulatory considerations for molecular farming |
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307 | (4) |
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311 | (1) |
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312 | (4) |
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Science and society: public acceptance of genetically modified crops |
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316 | (27) |
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316 | (1) |
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316 | (2) |
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The current state transgenic crops |
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318 | (5) |
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Who has benefited from these first-generation GM crops |
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322 | (1) |
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323 | (8) |
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Antibiotic-resistance genes |
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323 | (1) |
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Herbicide resistance and super-weeds |
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324 | (1) |
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325 | (3) |
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328 | (2) |
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330 | (1) |
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The regulation of GM crops and products |
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331 | (9) |
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331 | (7) |
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338 | (2) |
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340 | (1) |
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340 | (3) |
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Beyond genetically modified crops |
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343 | (24) |
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343 | (1) |
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`Greener' genetic engineering |
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343 | (2) |
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Genetic manipulation of complex agronomic traits |
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345 | (3) |
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Identification of genes associated with desirable trits |
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348 | (6) |
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348 | (4) |
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352 | (2) |
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Investigating gene function by reverse genetics |
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354 | (3) |
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354 | (1) |
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355 | (2) |
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Understanding gene functon within the genomic context: functional genomics |
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357 | (6) |
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357 | (3) |
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360 | (2) |
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362 | (1) |
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362 | (1) |
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362 | (1) |
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363 | (1) |
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363 | (4) |
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