A short history of plant transformation

School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne, 3010 Parkville, VIC, Australia
DOI
10.7287/peerj.preprints.27556v2
Subject Areas
Agricultural Science, Biotechnology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science
Keywords
Agrobacterium, Plant Transformation, Biotechnology, Plant Biotechnology, Science History
Copyright
© 2019 Somssich
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Somssich M. 2019. A short history of plant transformation. PeerJ Preprints 7:e27556v2

Abstract

The 1977 discovery that Agrobacterium tumefaciens inserts a specific piece of DNA into the plant cell genome triggered a race towards the first transgenic plant. Three groups were initially involved in the race, a fourth group entered later on. This race ended in 1983 with four labs publishing their own transgenic plant cell lines. This scientific breakthrough triggered the plant-biotechnology industry, and advanced the field of plant science like hardly any other. Who won the race? Here’s 'A Short History of Plant Transformation'.

Author Comment

Corrected some minor errors that were pointed out to me.