Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Plant Biology

这是一个植物生物学的博士后研究奖学金，旨在支持太扎吉博士在安东尼·R·卡什莫尔博士的指导下进行的研究和培训。该提案概述了研究光自养大豆细胞培养中光调控基因表达和光信号转导的实验。系统的开发将包括：(1)表征绿色对光的质量和数量的反应；(2)研究特定转录本的光/暗调节；(3)比较细胞和整个植物的反应；以及(4)发展标记和其他技术来研究基因表达。将鉴定光感受器，并研究蛋白质磷酸化在光信号转导中的作用。Terzaghi博士的长期兴趣是膜生物发生领域，特别是脂膜成分。由于绿化过程涉及大量叶绿体膜的生物发生和重排，并涉及叶绿体膜脂类物质的质和量变化，因此在此培训期间开发的系统应该是有用的。

This is a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Plant Biology to support Dr. Terzaghi's research and training under the mentorship of Dr. Anthony R. Cashmore. The proposal outlines experiments to study light- regulated gene expression and light signal transduction in photoautotrophic soybean cell cultures. System development will entail: (1) characterizing greening responses to light quality and quantity; (2) studying light/dark regulation of specific transcripts; (3) comparing responses of cells and whole plants; and (4) developing labeling and other technology to study gene expression. Photoreceptors will be identified, and the role of protein phosphorylation in light-signal transduction will be investigated. Dr. Terzaghi's long-term interest is in the area of membrane biogenesis, with particular emphasis on lipid membrane components. Since the greening process involves substantial chloroplast membrane biogenesis and rearrangement, and involves both qualitative and quantitative alterations in chloroplast membrane lipids, the system developed during this training period should be a useful one.