Plant chromosome engineering / edited by James A. Birchler. — [Totowa, N.J.] : Humana Press, c2011. – (58.17/M592/v.701)

Contents

    Contents
    
    Preface
    Contributors
    1 Recent Advances in Plant Transformation
    2 Engineering the Plastid Genome of Nicotiana sylvestris， a Diploid Model Species for Plastid Genetics
    3 Homologous Recombination in Plants: An Antireview
    4 Chromosome Painting for Plant Biotechnology 67
    5 Plant B Chromosomes 97
    6 Telomere Truncation in Plants
    7 Engineered Plant Minichromosomes
    8 Method for Bxb1-Mediated Site-Specific Integration In planta
    9 Targeted Mutagenesis in Arabidopsis Using Zinc-Finger Nucleases
    10 Vectors and Methods for Hairpin RNA and Artificial microRNA-Mediated Gene Silencing in Plants
    11 Recombinant Protein Expression in Nicotiana
    12 Chromosome Analysis and Sorting Using Flow Cytometry
    13 Super-Stretched Pachytene Chromosomes for Plant Molecular Cytogenetic Mapping
    14 Cytological Dissection of the Triticeae Chromosomes by the Gametocidal System
    15 Development and Use of Oat-Maize Chromosome Additions and Radiation Hybrids
    16 Enhancer Trapping in Plants
    17 Chromatin Beacons: Global Sampling of Chromatin Physical Properties Using Chromatin Charting Lines 301
    18 Transposable Elements as Catalysts for Chromosome Rearrangements 315
    Index 327