Final Scientific/Technical Report for DOE Award No. DE-FG02-03ER15426 [electronic resource] : Role of Arabidopsis PINHEAD gene in meristem function

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 630 Agriculture and related technologies
• Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Science ; Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2011
• Mô tả vật lý: Medium: ED : , digital, PDF file.
• Bộ sưu tập: Metadata
• ID: 262307
• Chủ đề: 1. 09 biomass fuels; 2. 59 basic biological sciences; 3. 60 applied life sciences; 4. Arabidopsis; 5. Biofuels; 6. Biomass; 7. Crops; 8. Et al; 9. Fibers; 10. Food; 11. Genes

Tóm tắt

The shoot apical meristems of land plants are small mounds of hundreds of cells located at the tips of branches. It is from these small clusters of cells that essentially all above ground plant biomass and therefore much of our energy supply originates. Several key genes have been discovered that are necessary for cells in the shoot apical meristem to take on stem cell properties. The goal of this project is to understand how the synthesis and accumulation of the mRNAs and proteins encoded by these genes is controlled. A thorough understanding of the molecules that control the growth of shoot apical meristems in plants will help us to manipulate food, fiber and biofuel crops to better feed, clothe and provide energy for humans.