1999
Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
PMBB Research Symposium Abstracts
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PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS |
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The
Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center: Genomic Resources for Graduate
Research. Randy Scholl, Doreen Ware, Deborah Crist, Emma Knee,
Luz Rivero, Nasser Assem, and Sakti Pramanik. |
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Mutational
Analysis of Stomatal Patterning in Arabidopsis. Fred D. Sack,
Jeanette Nadeau, Matt Geisler, and Liming Zhao. |
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Regulation
of the signaling processes that recruit, potentiate or trigger cellular
defense responses in soybean. T. L. Graham. |
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Utilization
of Computer Based Imaging and Closed Loop Feedback Manipulation
of Seedling Orientation to Examine Root Gravitropism. Hideo
Ishikawa. |
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A
Genetic Approach to Understanding the Plant Circadian Clock.
David E. Somers. |
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Auxin
restores apical dominance in the axr3 mutant of Arabidopsis.
Morris Cline. |
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Unraveling
the Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Resistance to Pathogens using
Genetic and Genomic Approaches. Guo-Liang Wang. |
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Plant
Nuclear Matrix Proteins: Components of Nuclear Organization?
Iris Meier. |
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Control
of Plant Gene Expression. Erich Grotewold. |
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Extra-Long-Lifespan1,
Implication of Plant Steroid Hormone Function in Apical-Basal Patterning,
Meristem Activity, and Longevity in Arabidopsis thaliana. Huating
Wang and Jyan-Chyun Jang. |
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Plants
Secrete Substances that Disrupt Cell-Density Regulated Behaviors
in Associated Bacteria. Dietz Bauer, Max Teplitski and Jayne
Robinson. |
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Ribosomal
Protein Gene Expression in Arabidopsis. Randy Scholl. |
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Dissection
of Nonhost Resistance of Nicotiana to Phytophthora infestans.
Edgar Huitema, Shujing Dong, and Sophien Kamoun. |
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Protein
and Metabolic Engineering in Plants and Algae. Richard T. Sayre. |
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POSTER ABSTRACTS |
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Mutagenesis
of a Potential Pheophytin Binding Site Residue in the Photosystem
II Complex of Chlamydomonas. L. Xiong and R.T. Sayre. |
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Clonning
the Cytochrome P450-Val involved in the Cyanogenic Glucoside Linamarin
Synthesis Pathway in Cassava. D. Siritunga and R.T. Sayre. |
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The
Screening of Heavy Metal Binding Peptides by Phage Display.
J. Ewalt and R.T. Sayre. |
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Biochemical and Spectroscopic Characterization
of Wild Type and Photosystem II Peripeheral Accessory Chlorophyll
Mutants of Chlamydomonas. J. Wang, S.V. Ruffle, C. Hemann, C.R.
Hille, T.L. Gustafson and R.T. Sayre. |
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pSSCR7
a Transformation Vector for Expression of Foreign Genes in the Nuclear
Genome of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. S. Siripornadulsil and
R.T. Sayre. |
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In Cubo
Membrane Protein Crystallization. Effect of Dodecyl Maltoside on
the Phase Properties of Hydrated Monoolein. X. Ai and M. Caffrey. |
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Plant
MAR-Binding Protein MFP1 - Protein-Protein Interactions and Subcellular
Localization. Iris Meier, Frank Gindullis, and Patricia Harder. |
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The
Molecular Basis of the Interactions Between Plant Pathogens and
their Insect Vectors. Saskia Hogenhout. |
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A
Gene Encoding a Novel Endopolygalacturonase from the Oomycete Pathogen
Phytophthora infestans. Gertrude A. Torto, Laura Rauser, and
Sophien Kamoun. |
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Stomatal
Clusters in Four Lips Result from the Reiteration of the Guard Mother
Cell Program. Jeanette Nadeau, Liming Zhao, Matt Geisler, Tsuyoshi
Nakagawa, and Fred Sack. |
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Increasing
Starch Production in Cassava by Over-Expressing Maize Invertase
Genes. U.E. Ihemere and R.T. Sayre. |
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Transformation
of Tomato for Increased Fruit Starch. Uzoma E. Ihemere, Diana
I. Arias-Garzon, and Richard T. Sayre. |
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Turning
Root Gravitropism Upside-Down: a Study of Constant-Stimulus Responses
in Arabidopsis Using a Feedback System. J.L. Mullen, C. Wolverton,
H. Ishikawa, and M.L. Evans. |
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Role
of Phragmoplastin in Cell Plate Formation. C.J. Geisler-Lee,
Z. Hong and D.P.S. Verma. |
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Engineering 3-Deoxy Flavonoid Biosynthesis. Xiaoyun Dong and Erich
Grotewold. |
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Development
of Biochemical Tools to Investigate Transcriptional Regulation by
Myb-Domain Factors. Gustavo M. Sosa, Matt Hopkins and Erich
Grotewold. |
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A
Novel Rop GTPase Activating Protein Involved in Calcium Dependent
Cell Growth, Requires a Crib Motif for the Regulation of its Activity.
Guang Wu, Hai Li, and Zhenbiao Yang. |
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Characterization
of the Maize Gene Encoding a Conserved WD40 Protein - Julia
M. Hernandez, M. Pizzirusso, G.M. Sosa, and E. Grotewold. |
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The Evolution and Function of Myb Proteins in the Higher Plants.
Edward L. Braun, Anusha Dias, and Erich Grotewold. |
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Using
Directed Evolution to Create Transcription Factors with Novel Regulatory
Activities. Todd Matulnik, J. Marcela Hernandez and Erich Grotewold. |
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Narrow
Leaf1 (nal1), an Important Regulator of Cell Differentiation in
Arabidopsis thaliana. Huating Wang and Jyan-Chyun Jang. |
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Multiple
Sugar Signal Transduction Pathways in Plants. Wenyan Xiao and
Jyan-Chyun Jang. |
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The
Role of Arabidopsis AtGRR1 in Sugar Signal Transduction Pathways.
Wenyan Xiao and Jyan-Chyun Jang. |
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Expression
of Two Divergent Ribosomal Protein Gene Family Members. Michael
Tilley and Randy Scholl. |
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Evidence
for a Transcriptional Adaptor System in Arabidopsis and its Potential
Role in Mediating Gene Activation by the CBF Transcriptional Activators.
Eric J. Stockinger, Yaopan Mao, Marty Regier, Steven J. Triezenberg
and Michael F. Thomashow. |
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Enhancement of the Heavy Metal Binding Capacity of Chlamydomonas
reinhardtii Cells by Expression of Foreign Genes Regulating Cysteine
and Proline Synthesis. S. Siripornadulsil, D.P. Verma and R.T. Sayre. |
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A Genetic
Approach to Understanding the Plant Circadian Clock. David E.
Somers. |
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Electrotropism
Indicates Two Physiologically Distinct Response Zones in the Root.
C. Wolverton, J.L. Mullen, H. Ishikawa, and M.L. Evans. |
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Isolation
of Plant Host Factors Required for Geminivirus Infection. Doreen
H. Ware, Kenneth J. Buckley and Keith R. Davis. |
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Production
and Preliminary Analysis of a Minimized Library of MSU ESTS Arrayed
in 96-Well Microtiter Plates. Emma M. Knee, Doreen H. Ware,
Randy Scholl, Thomas Newman and Keith R. Davis. |
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Dissection
of Nonhost Resistance of Nicotiana to Phytophthora infestans.
Edgar Huitema, Shujing Dong, and Sophien Kamoun. |
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Characterization
of Cadmium-Sensitive Insertion-Tagged Mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
P. Rubinelli, S. Patel, L. Malek, and R.T. Sayre. |
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The
hrp Pathogenicity Genes of Pantoea stewartii are Regulated by a
Complex System That Senses Plant and Environmental Signals.
Massimo Merighi, Doris Majerczak and David Coplin. |
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Study
Of Motifs in Beet Curly Top Virus (BCTV) Bi-Directional Promoter.
Jin-gyung Hur and Keith R. Davis. |
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Engineering of Plants for Drought and Salinity Stress Tolerance
by Overproduction of Proline. Zonglie Hong, Sunghan Kim, and Desh
Pal S. Verma. |
