2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Analysis of the morphology and number of plant mitochondria
Project/Area Number |
24380184
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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Allocation Type | Partial Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Applied molecular and cellular biology
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Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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Keywords | ミトコンドリア / 植物オルガネラ / ミトコンドリア分裂 / ミトコンドリア融合 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Plant mitochondria are small and numerous in comparison to those of animals. They move around and undergo frequent fission and fusion. To understand why they have such peculiar characters, I screened several Arabidopsis mutants with aberrant morphology, distribution, and number of mitochondria. Some responsible genes were identified and Their molecular mechanisms were analyzed.
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Free Research Field |
植物細胞分子生物学
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