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Article: Research yields novel GM-gene-deletor

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April 1, 2007
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A novel technique that could prevent the flow of transgenic genes into non-GM crops has been reported as a result of a collaborative study between researchers at the University of Connecticut (Storrs, USA); University of Tennessee (Knoxville, USA); and Southwest University, Chongqing, China. Details of the study were published in the March 2007 issue of Plant Biotechnology-Journal (5:263-274, 2007).

A highly efficient "GM-gene-deletor" system has been developed to remove all functional transgenes from pollen, seed, or both. It may be used to produce "non-GM" pollen and/or seed from GM plants and to provide a bioconfinement tool for GM crops and perennials, with special applicability toward ...

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