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2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Analysis of transcriptional regulation of florigen gene expression in rice

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 20770040
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Plant molecular biology/Plant physiology
Research InstitutionNational Institute of Agrobiological Sciences

Principal Investigator

ITO Hironori  National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 光環境応答研究ユニット, 任期付研究員 (00466012)

Project Period (FY) 2008 – 2009
Keywords環境応答 / フロリゲン / 青色光受容体 / 転写制御
Research Abstract

Crop yields are strongly associated with flowering-time. Florigen triggers photoperiodic flowering in plants. In rice, a short-day plant, Ehd1, a B-type response regulator, up-regulates florigen Hd3a expression and mainly confers SD-dependent promotion of flowering. Previous studies indicate that the function of OsGI, a component of circadian clocks in rice, is necessary for the Ehd1 induction in response to blue light. This study demonstrated that Ehd1 was maximally induced by blue light given around subjective dawn. Since this induction was not occurred in osgi-deficient background, OsGI shapes a light sensitive phase around dawn to blue-lights signals for Ehd1 expression. These results strongly indicate that morning Ehd1 expression is occurred when blue-light coincide with the morning phase set by OsGI-dependent circadian clocks.

  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2010 2009

All Journal Article (1 results) Presentation (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] A pair of floral regulators sets critical daylength for Hd3a florigen expression in rice.2010

    • Author(s)
      Hironori Itoh, Yasunori Nonoue, Masahiro Yano, Takeshi Izawa
    • Journal Title

      Nature genetics (in press)

  • [Presentation] 2009)イネにおける開花制御因子Ehd1とGhd7を介したフロリゲンHd3a遺伝子の限界日長による転写制御の解析2010

    • Author(s)
      伊藤博紀、野々上慈徳、矢野昌裕、井澤毅
    • Organizer
      第51回日本植物生理学会年会
    • Place of Presentation
      熊本大学
    • Year and Date
      2010-03-21
  • [Presentation] (2009)光中断によるイネ開花抑制の分子機構の解析2009

    • Author(s)
      伊藤博紀、野々上慈徳、矢野昌裕、井澤毅
    • Organizer
      第50回日本植物生理学会年会
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋大学
    • Year and Date
      2009-03-24
  • [Presentation] Gating mechanism conferred by OsGI for both a floral promoter and a floral repressor make rice a short-day plant.2009

    • Author(s)
      Hironori Itoh, Takeshi Izawa
    • Organizer
      KYESTONE SYMPOSIA, Plant Sensing, Response and Adaptation to the Environment
    • Place of Presentation
      Montana, USA.
    • Year and Date
      2009-01-13

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Published: 2011-06-18   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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