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The generation of genetically transformed plants is central to, and has indeed revolutionized, plant molecular biology. This is true for studies at both the fundamental and more applied levels of research. For researchers interested in unraveling the roles of specific genes in particular pathways of growth and development, the introduction into plants of foreign genes and gene promoters linked to reporter genes allows the detailed study of the temporal, spatial, and quantitative expression of plant genes and the activities of associated regulatory sequences.
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Topping, J.F. (1998). Tobacco Transformation. In: Foster, G.D., Taylor, S.C. (eds) Plant Virology Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology™, vol 81. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/0-89603-385-6:365
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