title: [Advances on transgene containment technologies].
abstract: The biosecurity of transgenic organism has been widely concerned and extremely restricted its application. Recently, many technological strategies have been developed to ensure its biosecurity. Thus, transgene containment technologies have become one of the hotspots in current transgenic research. In this paper, several transgene containment technologies, such as marker-free transgenic technology, safety marker transgenic technology, chloroplast transgenic technologies, terminator technology, male sterility technology, and 'GM-gene-deletor'technology were reviewed and evaluated. 'GM-gene-deletor' technology, as one of these technologies, demonstrated a prosperous future for safe application of transgenic organisms. Finally, the strategies for developing new transgene containment technologies have been suggested.
authors.affiliation: National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory for Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, the Tree and Ornamental Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory of State Forestry Administration, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China. zhangqian9722@163.com
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jin-Feng
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wen-Feng
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Hong-Jing
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wen-Jun
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Yuan
mesh_terms: D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000235:genetics; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D030781:Organisms, Genetically Modified; D019076:Transgenes