Investigation of Mechanisms that Control the Transition to Flowering in Higher Plants

控制高等植物开花过渡的机制研究

• 批准号: RGPIN-2017-03930
• 负责人: Colasanti, Joseph
• 金额: $ 2.84万
• 依托单位: University of Guelph
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=630422
• 关键词: Investigation; Mechanisms; Control; Transition; Flowering

Plant biologists have been slowly deciphering how plants control flowering time for over a century. Until recently the nature of the signals that cause plants to flower remained a complete mystery. Early researchers discovered that a flower-inducing substance is synthesized in leaves and then transported a long distance to the central shoot of the plant to a region of stem cells from which the actual flowers originate. My research uses the tools of molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry and genomics to better understand the nature of the flowering process. Our research revolves around the study of the maize

一个多世纪以来，植物生物学家一直在慢慢破译植物如何控制开花时间。直到最近，导致植物开花的信号的本质仍然是一个完全的谜。早期研究人员发现，一种开花诱导物质在叶子中合成，然后长距离运输到植物的中央枝条，到达真正开花的干细胞区域。我的研究使用分子生物学、遗传学、生物化学和基因组学的工具来更好地了解开花过程的本质。我们的研究围绕玉米的研究