Artistic representation of the research project to edit plant chloroplast DNA (IMAGE)

University of Tokyo

Artistic representation of the research project to edit plant chloroplast DNA

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Researchers in Japan have designed a technique that can make point mutations to the DNA of plant chloroplasts without leaving any of the genetic engineering technology behind to be inherited by future generations. Their proof-of-concept experiments published in Nature Plants successfully demonstrated that new or more robust crops could be created without requiring a GMO food label. The image is a photo of paper quilling art. Green represents the internal structures of chloroplasts. White represents chloroplast DNA. The letter C is highlighted for editing (with scissors) because the ptpTALECD enzyme makes point mutations by turning specific GC pairs in the DNA code into AT pairs. Image by Hiroko Uchida CC BY-SA 4.0, http://uchidahiroko.com/works-s.html

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Image by Hiroko Uchida CC BY-SA 4.0, http://uchidahiroko.com/works-s.html

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You are free to use the image so long as you include the Creative Commons By Attribution Share Alike credit and add a link to the artist's website. Image by Hiroko Uchida CC BY-SA 4.0, http://uchidahiroko.com/works-s.html

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