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Here's the paper: http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0015461 http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone...
by technotony 13y ago
Here's the paper: http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0015461 http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone...
- shadowmint 13y ago> Indeed, when the fully grown, homoplastomic LUX-TrnI/TrnA plants were placed in a dark room, their glow was clearly seen after about 5–10 min of eye adjustment to darkness. bright, I see, just like I remember. Still, looks promising~
- technotony 13y agoThis was a proof of concept to show that the plant would stay alive and could express these molecules. The project posted an update to discuss how to improve the light output: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/antonyevans/glowing-plants-natural-lighting-with-no-electricit/posts/468578 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/antonyevans/glowing-plan... Four things: 1. Codon optimization 2. Promotor selection 3. Metabolic engineering 4. Gene Copy numbers