Control of T-DNA Transfer from to Plants Based on an Inducible Bacterial Toxin-Antitoxin System.

High-value pharmaceutical products are already successfully produced in contained facilities using -mediated transient transformation of plants. However, transfection methods suitable for open field applications are still desirable as a cheaper alternative. Biosafety concerns related to the use of recombinant agrobacteria in an industrial transfection process include possible transformation or transfection of unintended hosts or spread of the genetically modified agrobacteria in the environment.