the Act | Gene Technology Act 2000 |
APVMA | Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority |
AQIS | Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service |
bla | β-lactamase |
BSES | BSES Limited, formerly the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations |
CCI | Confidential Commercial Information as declared under section 185 of the Gene Technology Act 2000 |
CCS | commercial cane sugar |
DIR | Dealings Involving intentional Release |
DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
DRE | Drought responsive element |
EST | Expressed sequence tag |
FSANZ | Food Standards Australia New Zealand (formerly ANZFA) |
GM | Genetically Modified |
GMO | Genetically Modified Organism |
GTTAC | Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee |
ha | Hectare |
HGT | Horizontal gene transfer |
HvGA20ox | Hordeum vulgare gibberellin 20-oxidase |
LGA | Local government area |
m | metre |
mm | millimetre |
mRNA | Messenger Ribonucleic Acid |
NHMRC | National Health and Medical Research Council |
NICNAS | National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme |
Nos | Nopaline synthase |
nptII | Neomycin phosphotransferase II |
Ocs | Octopine synthase |
OGTR | Office of the Gene Technology Regulator |
OsDREB1A | Oryza sativa Drought-responsive element-binding protein1A |
OsTB1 | Oryza sativa Teosinte branched1 |
PC2 | Physical containment level 2 |
PcGA2ox-1 | Phaseolus coccineus gibberellin 2-oxidase-1 |
PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
PR | Promoter |
RARMP | Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plan |
RbcS | Rubisco small subunit |
the Regulations | Gene Technology Regulations 2001 |
the Regulator | Gene Technology Regulator |
RNAi | RNA interference |
Rubisco | ribulose-1’5’-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase |
SA | Sugar accumulation gene |
ShTB1 | Saccharum hybrid Teosinte branched1 |
T-DNA | Transfer DNA |
TGA | Therapeutic Goods Administration |
Tml | Tumour morphology large |
Ubi1 | Ubiquitin1 |
uidA | β-glucuronidase |
US EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
VPE | Vacuole processing enzyme |
WUE | Water use efficiency gene |
ZmDof1 | Zea mays DNA-binding with one finger 1 |