Molecular Biology of Arabiodopsis

拟南芥是一种正在兴起的植物，它是在分子水平上理解植物遗传、发育和生理的模型。它具有许多特征，使其比其他开花植物更易于进行分子研究，但由于它是开花植物，具有许多同源DNA序列和基因，可用于分离和了解基因组较难获得的植物中的基因作用。由Gerald Fink博士领导的实验室一直走在利用拟南芥提出问题的前沿，这些问题在以前的植物工作中是无法回答的。芳香氨基酸的生物合成途径正在研究中，该研究已经提供了信息，表明在动物和植物的途径之间存在差异。这项工作的继续需要更适当的设施，以便在受控条件下种植植物。这个温室将建在怀特黑德生物医学研究所的屋顶上，它将允许芬克博士实验室的科学家以及研究所的其他人继续和扩大利用植物作为实验生物体的研究。

Arabidopsis thaliana is a plant that is emerging as a model for understanding plant genetics, development and physiology at the molecular level. It has many characteristics that make it more amenable to molecular inquiry than are other flowering plants and yet because it is a flowering plant, has many homologous DNA sequences and genes which can be used to both isolate and understand gene action in plants with less accessible genomes. The laboratory headed by Dr. Gerald Fink has been in the forefront of those using Arabidopsis to ask questions which have been unanswerable in previous work with plants. The biosynthetic pathway for aromatic amino acids is under study and that study has already provided information suggesting that differences exist between the pathway in animals and plants. Continuation of this work requires more appropriate facilities for growing plants under controlled conditions. The greenhouse, which will be built on the roof of the Whitehead Biomedical Institute, will allow the continuation and expansion of research using plants as experimental organisms by scientists in Dr. Fink's laboratory as well as others at the Institute.***//