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1 online resource |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Untitled; Overview; Request for Advisory Opinion; Volume I: Food Safety; Section A: Identity of FLAVR SAVR™ Tomato; A.1. Common or Usual Name; A.2. Formal Name; A.2.1. Other Scientific Names For Tomato; A.2.2. Other Lycopersicon esculentum Cultivars; A.2.3. Other Tomato Species; A.3. Synonyms and Tradenames; A.4. Chemical Formulae and Molecular Weights; A.4.1. List of Components of FLAVR SAVR Tomato; A.4.1.1. Genetic Components; A.4.1.2. Biochemical Components; A.4.2. List of Components and Characteristics Measured for Food |
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A.4.3. List of Additional Components Not Normally Measured in TomatoA.5. Composition of Mixtures; A.5.1. Ranges of Vitamin and Mineral Components of Tomato; A.5.2. Nutritional Value; A.5.3. Naturally Occurring Toxins; A.5.4. Color; A.6. Purity and Specifications; A.7. Methods of Analysis of FLAVR SAVR Tomatoes; A.7.1. kan[sup(r)] Gene; A.7.2. APH(3')II Protein; A.7.3. Polygalacturonase; A.7.4. Typical Analysis of Tomato Components; A.7.4.1. Fresh Tomato; A.7.4.2. Processed Tomato Products; A.7.4.2.1. Total Sugars; A.7.4.2.2. Acidity and pH; A.7.4.2.3. Viscosity (Ostwald) |
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A.7.4.2.4. Consistency (Bostwick)A.8. Description of Manufacturing Process; A.8.1. Pectin and Polygalacturonase; A.8.2. Genetic Engineering to Produce FLAVR SAVR™ Tomatoes; A.8.2.1. Preparation and Composition of the PG Gene; A.8.2.2. Construction of Binary Vectors pCGN1416 and pCGN1436; A.8.2.3. Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of Tomatoes; A.8.3. Comparison of Manufacturing Processes: Plant Breeding and Genetic Engineering; Appendix A-1. Variation in the Physical, Nutritional, and Chemical Composition of Tomatoes |
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Appendix A-2. University of California, Davis, Report on Variation in Constituents of TomatoAppendix A-3. Methods of Genetic Modification and Their Use; Appendix A-4. Molecular Characterization of Tomato Fruit Polygalacturonase; Appendix A-5. Reduction of Polygalacturonase Activity in Tomato Fruit by Antisense RNA; Appendix A-6. Agrobacterium as a Gene Transfer Agent for Plants; Appendix A-7. Improved Binary Vectors for Agrobacterium-Mediated Plant Transformation; Appendix A-8. Binary Vectors, pCGN1416 and pCGN1436, Containing the FLAVR SAVR Gene |
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Appendix A-9. Nucleotide Sequence of the T-DNA Region of pCGN1436Appendix A-10. Efficient Transfer of a Glyphosate Tolerance Gene into Tomato using a Binary Agrobacterium tumefaciens Vector; Appendix A -11. Tomato Transformation and Regeneration with pCGN1436; Appendix A-12. Comparison of Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation to Classical Breeding; Appendix A-13. Control of Fruit Ripening; Section B: Uses of FLAVR SAVR™ Tomato; B.1. Introduction to Tomato; B.1.1. History of Use; B.1.2. Propagation and Cultivation of Tomato |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-262) and index |
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Tomatoes -- Genetic engineering
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Transgenic plants.
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Genetic engineering.
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Genetic Engineering
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Plants, Edible -- genetics
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Plants, Genetically Modified
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Transformation, Genetic
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Genetic engineering
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Tomatoes -- Genetic engineering
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Transgenic plants
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Redenbaugh, Keith
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| ISBN |
9781498710626 |
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149871062X |
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9780429156809 (electronic bk) |
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0429156804 (electronic bk) |
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