Transplanted genes Give Flowers Light up (livescience.com)
Red rose petals, with poinsettias Glowing illuminated Christmas and shrubbery, which illuminates the communities at night, rendering unnecessary-street lights that Visio behind Enterprise BioGlow, Inc.
This vision made an important step towards reality, when one of its founders, Alexander Krichevsky and other researchers succeeded in transplanting into the tobacco plant genes, which allows up to the sea, on the basis of the bacteria. [Image Glowing plants]
This is the case of other plants, bulbs, roots and Glow on their own, for the first time in the field of biotechnology andgenetic Krichevsky, New York, Stony Brook University, Assistant Professor.
"All previously made in the ' Glowing ' genetically engineered crops, or not, was either sprayed with chemicals or external light source is achieved by the provisional Glowing piece" Krichevsky told LiveScience email.
However, the leaves of the light is not yet quite what BioGlow founders want it to be.
"You must have five minutes in the dark to see your eyes," Krichevsky said, human eyes need to be in a dark time refer to the General changes. But "we are confident that we will make them Glow bright fireflies."
Around 30 different systems live bacteria, small things-the dinoflagellates, mushrooms and insect-to submit their own light, Krichevsky and colleagues that their results will be published in PLoS one journal Nov 12. They are reset to the marine bacteria that is used by the lighting system.
Add approximately six bacterial luciferase genes code for presenting, enzyme that catalyzes light chemical reaction and other ingredients, chemical reaction-plant Pigment containing structures called plastids within genetic material becomes Krichevsky and his colleagues.
Glowing marine bacteria of the species, which are free to use the decomposers that you enter in the dead organisms and symbionts, which offer fish and Squid light as they syödäkseen. Add bacteria genes most sense, since all the green you will see the establishment is in accordance with the principle of Krichevsky NSDAP bacteria.
Other plants, bulbs, roots and leaves appear green, because they contain a Pigment called chlorophyll in the structure of the Insert. Chloroplasts were at the same time free of bacteria, which eventually became affiliates or symbionts. evolution of plants of other cells leading to.
Glow color shall be determined on the basis of luciferase, that can be edited to send different colors, so for example, the flower petals to Glow red, according to him, Krichevsky.
When asked if the Glowing plants; the protection of the right to freedom of thought may bring to mind the nuclear contamination of some pictures, Krichevsky said, he had yet to hear that the positions of the flowers growing in the community or the general public.
"I get only the reaction is" publication, I can get Glowing roses for Valentine's day "," he said.
In the absence of plastids, organelles that contain pigments are inherited maternally-that is to say, they are moved to the next generation of ovule, which shall become the seed-from is not a danger that the genes transmit the environment pollen, he said.
Although this project has the opportunity to bring in a new light flowers growing industry, there can be displayed in the Glowing flowers florists in the corner of the Windows is too soon to said Tal BioGlow Eidelberg, cofounder, Inc.
"This is a more visionary thing," he said.
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