GRF-GIF Chimeras Boost Plant Regeneration

Guangbin Luo; Michael Palmgren

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2020.12.001

GRF-GIF Chimeras Boost Plant Regeneration

Trends Plant Sci. 2021 Mar;26(3):201-204. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2020.12.001. Epub 2020 Dec 19.

Authors

Guangbin Luo¹, Michael Palmgren²

Affiliations

¹ NovoCrops Centre, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
² NovoCrops Centre, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Electronic address: palmgren@plen.ku.dk.

PMID: 33349565
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2020.12.001

Abstract

Low regeneration efficiency hampers plant transformation. Two independent studies demonstrate that GROWTH-REGULATING FACTORs (GRFs) alone or in chimeras with GRF-INTERACTING FACTOR (GIF) dramatically boost regeneration from tissue cultures from a broad range of species. GRF-GIF chimeras could be a game-changer in plant transformation and gene editing.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Chimera*
Gene Expression Regulation, Plant*
Plants