2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Molrcular basis of insect counter adaptation to plant induced defense responses
| Project/Area Number |
22380068
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Bioproduction chemistry/Bioorganic chemistry
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
MORI Naoki 京都大学, (連合)農学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (30293913)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | counter adaptation / 対抗適応 / 植物防御反応 / 間接防御応答 / elicitor / 構造活性相関 / 昆虫 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Plant defense mechanism against insects can not be fully studied without knowing how the insects can develop counter adaptation and overcome it. This project focused on lepidopteran insect elicitor, volicitin, that induces plant indirect defense mechanism. The structure-activity-related studies about volicitin analogs on various plants revealed the molecular basis of cat-and-mouse game between the insects that develop new molecular species to circumvent the system and the plants that customize its "IFF" system to its own pests.
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| Free Research Field |
化学生態学
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