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From the Community: Genetically Engineering the Chloroplast Genome | LEGUME LABORATORY

We didn’t realise just how cool the chloroplast is – not only does it orchestrate photosynthesis, one of the most important phenomena sustaining life on earth, but it may play a significant role in how we feed the world sustainability.

A review in Genome Biology – ‘Chloroplast genomes: diversity, evolution and applications in genetic engineering‘ – details what we know about the chloroplast genome, how it can be used and how it can be modified, before launching into examples of why chloroplast engineering is likely to have a significant involvement in future crop engineering and in the production of pharmaceuticals and industrial materials.

 

For the full blog post about chloroplast engineering visit: From the Community: Genetically Engineering the Chloroplast Genome | LEGUME LABORATORY

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