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Nat Biotechnol
; 38(8): 944-946, 2020 08.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32341562
RESUMO
Autoluminescent plants engineered to express a bacterial bioluminescence gene cluster in plastids have not been widely adopted because of low light output. We engineered tobacco plants with a fungal bioluminescence system that converts caffeic acid (present in all plants) into luciferin and report self-sustained luminescence that is visible to the naked eye. Our findings could underpin development of a suite of imaging tools for plants.