Plastid transformation of Brassica

摘要

A method is provided for transforming Brassica plants to express DNA sequences of interest from the plant cell plastid. The method allows the transformation of Brassica plant tissue with heterologous DNA constructs. Such DNA constructs comprise, in the 5' to 3' direction of transcription, a promoter region functional in a plant plastid and a DNA sequence of interest. The invention further provides for Brassica cells in which the plastids contain heterologous DNA constructs.