2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Research on the molecular mechanism of the complementary chromatic adaptation in model algae Porphyra yezoensis
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21580213
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
General fisheries
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| Research Institution | Hokkaido University |
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Principal Investigator |
SAGA Naotsune 北海道大学, 大学院・水産科学研究院, 教授 (10231333)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MIKAMI Koji 北海道大学, 大学院・水産科学研究院, 准教授 (40222319)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 補色適応 / 光色 / 光合成色素 / 紅藻 / スサビノリ |
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| Research Abstract |
In this study, we have researched the mechanism of complementary chromatic adaptation in marine red algae Porphyra yezoensis. Some visually dramatic changes in pigmentation of P. yezoensis gametophytes that occur during changing light conditions were reversibly. Therefore it was suggested that P. yezoensis gametophytes have complementary chromatic adaptation ability. Moreover, it was thought that the system was regulated by the light responsiveness of genes that encode several light-harvesting proteins in P. yezoensis.
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