PLANT IN-VITRO TRANSCRIPTION SYSTEMS

In vitro transcription systems provide a powerful tool for detailed an alysis of transcription reactions including initiation, elongation, an d termination. Despite problems inherent to plant cells, efforts have been made to develop plant in vitro transcription systems in the past decade. These efforts have finally culminated in the development of re liable in vitro systems from suspension-cell cultures of both monocot and dicot plants. These systems can be useful in elucidating the speci fic mechanisms involved in the process of plant transcription and thus can potentially open a new era of transcription studies in plants.