Transgenic maize

Yang SH, Moran DL, Jia HW, et al. Expression of a synthetic porcine alpha-lactalbumin gene in the kernels of transgenic maize. Transgenic Res., 2002 11(1) 11-20. 

At the moment, strategies for the production of transgenic plants are already used for maize, tobacco, potato, and rice. The main purpose is to increase their resistance toward diseases [63]. Some plants also get newly introduced products, such as vitamins [64]. Another purpose of transgenic plants is their use for production of vaccines for instance hepatitis B vaccine... 

Magg T, Melchinger AE, Klein D, Bohn M (2002) Relationship between European com borer resistance and concentration of mycotoxins produced by Fusarium spp. in grains of transgenic Bt maize hybrids, their isogenic counterparts, and commercial varieties. Plant Breed 121 146-154 Maheshwari N, Rajyalakshmi K, Baweja K, Dhir SK, Chowdhry CN, Maheshwari SC (1995) In vitro culture of wheat and genetic transformation - retrospect and prospect. Plant Sci 14 49-178... 

The first system used to produce vaccines was potato plants and transgenic tubers have being employed in some clinical trials. Expression of vaccines is also reported in other hosts such as tomato, banana, carrot, lettuce, maize, alfalfa, white clover and Arabidospis. Hepatitis B surface antigen was successfully expressed in cherry tomatillo and potato. Expression of human cholera toxin p subunit was achieved in tomato and tobacco plants. ... 

Chikwamba R, Cunnick J, Hathaway D, McMurray J, Mason H, Wang K. (2002) A functional antigen in a practical crop LT-B producing maize protects mice against Escherichia coli heat labile enterotoxin (LT) and cholera toxin (CT). Transgenic Res 11 479 93. 

Zhong G-Y, Peterson D, Delaney DE, Bailey M, Witcher DR, Register 111 JC, Bond D, Li C-P, Marshall L, KuUsek E, Ritland D, Meyer T, Hood EE, Howard JA. (1999) Commercial production of aprotinin in transgenic maize seeds. Mol Breed 5 345-356. 

Glufosinate has a broad weed spectrum (little to no selectivity), and is therefore sometimes marketed along with genetically engineered glufosinate-resistant crops (cotton, canola, maize, and rice). While this raises some concern in some parts of the world, transgenic technology has been widely accepted in the western hemisphere. Nevertheless, neither... 

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