Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed novel Chapter 733

"That's right, there's no such thing as a natural blue rose. It's often seen as a symbol of unattainable hope or an impossible task..."

Corley looked at her, speaking slowly. "But take a closer look at the bouquet you're holding..."

"What?! Natural ones? Not dyed?" Roseanne's eyes widened in shock as she searched his face for answers.

When she saw the faint smile playing on his lips, she knew she had guessed right.

Roseanne was astonished. "How on earth did you do it?"

"The Journal of American Synthetic Biology recently published a paper titled 'Cloning and Expression of a Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase for the Production of Blue Roses.' The lead author is Ankanahalli Nangawa, a postdoc from T University. They first constructed a dual-expression plasmid, which included two bacterial genes involved in indigo synthesis, then this plasmid was transformed into Agrobacterium, and then..."

Corley paused, as if he had hit a wall while reciting a script.

No amount of mental searching helped.

"Pfft—" Roseanne couldn't help but laugh. "Don't tell me you were memorizing a paper."

A rare look of embarrassment crossed Corley's face. "Ahem! Sorry, I'm not a specialist, and rote learning doesn't seem to work for me..."

Roseanne finished his sentence for him: "Then the Agrobacterium was injected into the petals of a white rose? Presumably, under the induction of the plant hormone acetosyringone, the Agrobacterium transfers the gene into the rose petal cells' genome, enabling the rose cells to express the enzyme that synthesizes the deep blue color."

"Yes, exactly! It's about synthesizing that enzyme! Have you read the paper?"

"No. What you said was enough to deduce the rest."

Corley clicked his tongue in admiration. "Impressive."

"This bouquet... must be expensive, right?"