| Title |
Autoluminescent Plants
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2010
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0015461 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Alexander Krichevsky, Benjamin Meyers, Alexander Vainstein, Pal Maliga, Vitaly Citovsky |
| Abstract |
Prospects of obtaining plants glowing in the dark have captivated the imagination of scientists and layman alike. While light emission has been developed into a useful marker of gene expression, bioluminescence in plants remained dependent on externally supplied substrate. Evolutionary conservation of the prokaryotic gene expression machinery enabled expression of the six genes of the lux operon in chloroplasts yielding plants that are capable of autonomous light emission. This work demonstrates that complex metabolic pathways of prokaryotes can be reconstructed and function in plant chloroplasts and that transplastomic plants can emit light that is visible by naked eye. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 20% |
| India | 2 | 8% |
| Brunei Darussalam | 1 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |
| Mexico | 1 | 4% |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 4% |
| Morocco | 1 | 4% |
| Denmark | 1 | 4% |
| Belgium | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 11 | 44% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 13 | 52% |
| Scientists | 8 | 32% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 4 | 16% |
Mendeley readers
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 5 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 1% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Czechia | 2 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Finland | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 4 | 1% |
| Unknown | 268 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 64 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 54 | 19% |
| Researcher | 43 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 38 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 10 | 3% |
| Other | 30 | 10% |
| Unknown | 50 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 125 | 43% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 57 | 20% |
| Chemistry | 13 | 4% |
| Engineering | 10 | 3% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 1% |
| Other | 23 | 8% |
| Unknown | 57 | 20% |