Stacking transgenes in forest trees

TY - JOUR

T1 - Stacking transgenes in forest trees

AU - Halpin, Claire

AU - Boerjan, Wout

PY - 2003/8/1

Y1 - 2003/8/1

N2 - Huge potential exists for improving plant raw materials and foodstuffs via metabolic engineering. To date, progress has mostly been limited to modulating the expression of single genes of well-studied pathways, such as the lignin biosynthetic pathway, in model species. However, a recent report illustrates a new level of sophistication in metabolic engineering by overexpressing one lignin enzyme while simultaneously suppressing the expression of another lignin gene in a tree, aspen. This novel approach to multi-gene manipulation has succeeded in concurrently improving several wood-quality traits.

AB - Huge potential exists for improving plant raw materials and foodstuffs via metabolic engineering. To date, progress has mostly been limited to modulating the expression of single genes of well-studied pathways, such as the lignin biosynthetic pathway, in model species. However, a recent report illustrates a new level of sophistication in metabolic engineering by overexpressing one lignin enzyme while simultaneously suppressing the expression of another lignin gene in a tree, aspen. This novel approach to multi-gene manipulation has succeeded in concurrently improving several wood-quality traits.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0042194841

U2 - 10.1016/S1360-1385(03)00155-9

DO - 10.1016/S1360-1385(03)00155-9

M3 - Short survey

C2 - 12927967

AN - SCOPUS:0042194841

SN - 1360-1385

VL - 8

SP - 363

EP - 365

JO - Trends in Plant Science

JF - Trends in Plant Science

IS - 8

ER -