2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Elucidation of seed-specific stress tolerance
| Project/Area Number |
23870034
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Plant molecular biology/Plant physiology
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| Research Institution | National Institute for Basic Biology |
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Principal Investigator |
KANAI Masatake 基礎生物学研究所, 高次細胞機構研究部門, 特別協力研究員 (30611488)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | 種子 / ストレス / 貯蔵脂質 / 貯蔵タンパク質 |
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| Research Abstract |
Plants produce seeds for the next generation. Developing seeds are more sensitive to environmental stresses than plant (e. g., roots, leaves, stem). It is essential for developing seeds to be protected from environmental stresses, the protection system is largely unknown. The aim of this study was to identify genes that regulated seed-specific stress tolerance and DPS genes were identified. It was also shown that DPS1, one of the DPS genes, involved in seed-specific drought stress. This study leads to an improvement of crop yield in arid area
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