Towards the development of better crops by genetic transformation using engineered plant chromosomes.
Plant Biotechnology involves manipulation of genetic material to develop better crops. Keeping in view the challenges being faced by humanity in terms of shortage of food and other resources, we need to continuously upgrade the genomic technologies and fine tune the existing methods. For efficient genetic transformation, Agrobacterium-mediated as well as direct delivery methods have been used successfully. However, these methods suffer from many disadvantages especially in terms of transfer of large genes, gene complexes and gene silencing. To overcome these problems, recently, some efforts have been made to develop genetic transformation systems based on engineered plant chromosomes called minichromosomes or plant artificial chromosomes. Two approaches namely, "top-down" or "bottom-up" have been used for minichromosomes. The former involves engineering of the existing chromosomes within a cell and the latter de novo assembling of chromosomes from the basic constituents. While some success has been achieved using these chromosomes as vectors for genetic transformation in maize, however, more studies are needed to extend this technology to crop plants. The present review attempts to trace the genesis of minichromosomes and discusses their potential of development into plant artificial chromosome vectors. The use of these vectors in genetic transformation will greatly ameliorate the food problem and help to achieve the UN Millennium development goals.
Plant Genomics Laboratory, School of Biotechnology, University of Jammu, Jammu, 180006, Jammu and Kashmir, India. manojkdhar@rediffmail.com
Manoj K
MK
Dhar
Sanjana
S
Kaul
Jasmeet
J
Kour
D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods; D002503:Centromere; D022201:Chromosomes, Artificial / Q000235:genetics*; D032461:Chromosomes, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000235:genetics* / Q000592:standards; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D005818:Genetic Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified / Q000235:genetics*; D016615:Telomere; D014170:Transformation, Genetic; D003313:Zea mays / Q000235:genetics
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