Flexible Organ Plan in Higher Plants

由优先领域科学研究补助金资助的“高等植物灵活器官计划”研究项目，简称“植物器官计划”，从1994年至1997年由42名不同领域的科学家进行了4年的研究。在该项目中，研究重点是鉴定和表征调节植物器官中代谢活动的发展和植物器官的形态发生的各种调节组分。为实现这一目标，特别鼓励采用拟南芥和水稻等模式植物的分子遗传学进行研究。大量新的调控基因、转录因子基因和信号转导途径的组分基因在转基因植物中被分离出来，并对其功能进行了研究。部分研究成果通过该项目组织的几次专题讨论会和教育、科学、社会和文化部组织的一次公开专题讨论会[大学与科学]公布于众。今年，该项目的核心成员对“植物器官计划”所取得的各种研究成果进行了审查和总结，以进一步推动该领域的科学发展。该摘要包括该项目的出版物清单和主要出版物的副本，分发给相关领域的许多科学家。

The research project "Flexible Organ Plan in Higher Plants", abbreviated as "Plant Organ Plan" and supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas, was conducted for 4 years from 1994 to 1997 by 42 scientists in various fields. In this project, research attention was focused on identification and characterization of various regulatory components that regulate the development of metabolic activities in plant organs and the morphogenesis of plant organs. Towards this goal, research proposals employing molecular genetics of model plants such as Arabidopsis thaliana and rice were especially encouraged. Large numbers of new regulatory genes, those for transciption factors and components of signal transduction pathways were isolated and their functions were examined in transgenic plants. Part of research achievements were made public through several symposiums organized by the project and in an open symposium [University and Science] organized by the Ministry of Education, Science, Sorts and Culture. This year, core members of the project examined and summarized various research results obtained in "Plant Organ Plan" in order to further promote science in this field. The summary, which includes a list of publications by the project and copies of major publications is distributed to a large number of scientists in the related fields.