2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Involvement of allelic-interaction-mediated gene regulation in cold-tolerance: elucidation of the mechanism
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23580469
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Applied molecular and cellular biology
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| Research Institution | Iwate University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SAITOH Yasushi 岩手大学, 農学部, 准教授 (70287100)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | リンドウ / 越冬芽 / 耐寒性 / 遺伝子多型 / 対立遺伝子間不均等発現 / DNAメチル化 |
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| Research Abstract |
Function and regulation of the gentian W14/15 gene variants in cold-tolerance were analyzed. The variant types that increase (W15a type) and repress the cold-tolerance (W14b type) were identified. In gentian plants carrying W14b/W15a genotype, the W14a allele inhibited the other W15a allele, leading to the lowered tolerance. This seemed to be caused by temporally different alteration of chromatin structure between each allele. The results present a new type of gene regulation in cold-tolerance, which can be applied for breeding strategy in gentian cultivars.
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Research Products
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