Vol.26 No.2£¨2004 April£©£º153-156 The Application of Chloroplast Genome in the Studies of Systematics and Bioengineering YAN An*, ZHU Deng Yun £¨College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China£© Abstract: The applications of chloroplast genome in the studies of phylogeny and bioengineering are reviewed: 1) the DNA sequence of chloroplast genome provides a sound data base for plant phylogenic studies; 2) the chloroplast engineering is an important way to overexpress the target gene of interest, so it has considerable potential in areas such as production of therapeutic proteins, bioengineering of crops and environment protection. Key words: chloroplast genome; systematics; bioengineering *Corresponding author, E-mail: yananpaper@hotmail.com |