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. 2020 Dec;25(12):1176-1179.
doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2020.08.004. Epub 2020 Sep 2.

Lighting the Way: Advances in Engineering Autoluminescent Plants

D Nikki Reuter  1 , C Neal Stewart Jr  2 , Scott C Lenaghan  3
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Lighting the Way: Advances in Engineering Autoluminescent Plants

D Nikki Reuter et al. Trends Plant Sci. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

Until recently, robust autoluminescence in plants has proven elusive. Two recent pioneering manuscripts (Khakhar et al. and Mitiouchkina et al.) expand our understanding of fungal bioluminescence to provide a new blueprint for engineering autoluminescence in plants. Here we discuss translating a fungal bioluminescence pathway into plants, along with potential future applications.

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    Khakhar A, Starker CG, Chamness JC, Lee N, Stokke S, Wang C, Swanson R, Rizvi F, Imaizumi T, Voytas DF. Khakhar A, et al. Elife. 2020 Mar 25;9:e52786. doi: 10.7554/eLife.52786. Elife. 2020. PMID: 32209230 Free PMC article.
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