Information Systems for Biotechnology (ISB) News Report
October 2005
Article Summaries (links are to the ISB News Report website)
Table of contents

RISK ASSESSMENT

Horizontal Gene Transfer: Plant vs. Bacterial Genes for Antibiotic Resistance Scenarios—What’s The Difference?
C. Neal Stewart, Jr.& Ayalew Mentewab

Complete article:
pdf:  http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/oct05.pdf
web: http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/news05.oct.htm#oct0501 

PLANT RESEARCH NEWS

Engineering Broad-spectrum Disease Resistance
Santosh Misra

Complete article:
pdf:  http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/oct05.pdf
web: http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/news05.oct.htm#oct0502

Application of a Regeneration QTL Gene to Plant Transformation
Asuka Nishimura

Complete article:
pdf:  http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/oct05.pdf
web: http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/news05.oct.htm#oct0503

Using Transcriptional Analysis to Determine Responses to Phosphate Deprivation
M C Thibaud and L Nussaume

Complete article:
pdf:  http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/oct05.pdf
web: http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/news05.oct.htm#oct0504

The material in this News Report is compiled by NBIAP's Information Systems for Biotechnology, a joint project of USDA/CSREES and the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, or Virginia Tech.

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