IBCH authors: Mityushkina TY, Mishin AS, Markina NM, Chepurnykh TV, Guglya EB, Karataeva TA, Palkina KA, Shakhova ES, Fakhranurova LI, Tsarkova AS, Shlykov DA, Melnik OA, Shipunova VO, Deyev SM, Bubyrev AI, Pushin AS, Dolgov SV, Yampolsky IV & Sarkisyan KS
Sustainable Light Achieved in Living Plants
The movie Avatar evoked an imaginary world of lush bioluminescent jungles. Now the popular fascination for sustainably glowing foliage is being realized through advances in designer genetics. This week in Nature Biotechnology, scientists have announced the feasibility of creating plants that produce their own visible luminescence. The scientists from the IBCH RAS in collaboration with russian and foreign colleagues revealed that bioluminescence found in some mushrooms is metabolically similar to the natural processes common among plants. By inserting DNA obtained from the mushroom, the scientists were able to create plants that glow much brighter than previously possible. Learn more
april 28, 2020