Study on a transcriptional network regulating xylem development

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25840102
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Plant molecular biology/Plant physiology
Research Institution	The University of Tokyo
Principal Investigator	ITO Kyoko 東京大学, 理学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (90451830)
Project Period (FY)	2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Keywords	植物 / 維管束 / 発生・分化 / 木部 / 転写
Outline of Final Research Achievements	To understand the molecular mechanism regulating vascular development, I tried to isolate key transcription factors, which regulate the differentiation process from procambium to xylem. I performed the insertional chromatin immunoprecipitation experiment to identify regulatory factors of a master regulator for xylem vessel differentiation. I also performed transcriptome analysis using ATHB-8 overexpressing suspension culture cells. I found that ATHB-8 regulates a lot of transcription factors and genes involved in phytohormone regulation.

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