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Symposium

2000
Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
PMBB Research Symposium Abstracts

   

PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS

   

1.

The Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center: Materials For Graduate Research. Randy Scholl, Doreen Ware, Deborah Crist, Luz Rivero, Emma Knee, Staci Putney, Jeffrrey Cotrill, Nasser Assem and Sakti Pramanik.

2.

Illuminating Intercellular Traffic: Viral Protein And RNA As Torches. Biao Ding.

3.

Control Mechanisms Of Sylleptic Branching In Hybrid Populus. Morris G. Cline.

4.

Metabolic Engineering Using Transcription Factors. Erich Grotewold.

5.

Ribosomal Protein Gene Expression In Arabidopsis. Randy Scholl.

6.

Approaches To Understand The Biochemistry And Regulation Of CO2 Fixation In Photosynthetic Organisms.
F. Robert Tabita.

7.

Nonhost Resistance To Phytophthora. Sophien Kamoun.

8.

Callose Synthase Complex At The Plant Cell Plate Comprise, UDP-Glucose Transferase, Rop And Possibly Sucrose Synthase. D. P. S. Verma, Z. Hong, A. Delauney and J. Olson.

9.

ZEITLUPE, A Novel Component Of The Plant Circadian Clock. David E. Somers.

10.

Stomatal Development In Arabidopsis. Fred D. Sack.

11.

Plant Nuclear Envelope Proteins. Iris Meier.

12.

The Role Of F-Box Proteins In Sugar Signaling In Plants. Jyan-Chyun Jang and Wenyan Xiao.

13.

The Spiroplasma Genome Project: Mechanisms Of Pathogenesis On Insects And Plants. Saskia A. Hogenhout.

14.

Understanding The Basis Of Disease Resistance In Pines. Pierluigi (Enrico) Bonello.

15.

Arabidopsis Transcriptional Activator CBF1, Its Role And Possible Mode Of Action In Mediating The Cold-Temperature Induced Gene-Expression Response Of Plants. Eric J. Stockinger, Yaopan Mao, Martha K. Regier, Steven J. Triezenberg and Michael F. Thomashow.

16.

Genetic And Genomic Approaches To Dissect Disease Resistance Pathway In Rice. Guo-Liang Wang.

17.

Metabolic Engineering Of Algae And Plants. Richard Sayre.

 

 

POSTER ABSTRACTS

 

 

1.

Analysis Of Four Lips Function In Arabidopsis Stomatal Development. Lien B. Lai, Jeanette Nadeau, Liming Zhao, Matt Geisler, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa and Fred D. Sack.

2.

Application Of Novel Strategies For Crystallization Of The Photosystem II Core Complex Of Chlamydomonas. Xi Ai, Jun Minagawa, Martin Caffrey and Richard Sayre.

3.

Cellular And Developmental Regulation Of Intercellular Protein Trafficking. Asuka Itaya, Genqing Liang, Young-Min Woo, Richard S. Nelson, and Biao Ding.

4.

Biochemical And Spectroscopic Characterization Of Photosystem II Peripheral Chlorophyll Mutants Of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. J. Wang, D. Gosztola, SV. Ruffle, C. Hemann, M. Seibert, MR. Wasielewski, CR. Hille, TL. Gustafson, RT. Sayre.

5.

Cellular Basis Of Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid Systemic Movement. Yali Zhu, Larry Green, Young-Min Woo, Robert Owens, and Biao Ding.

6.

Cleavage Of Bipartite Substrates By Rice And Maize RNase P: Application To Degradation Of Target mRNAs In Plants. M. L. Stephen Raj, Dileep P. Kumar, James F. Reckard III, George Thomas and Venkat Gopalan.

7.

Design Of A Biological System To Select For Alterations In The Key Kinetic Properties Of RubisCO. Stephanie A. Smith and F. Robert Tabita.

8.

Distribution And Localization Of Maize Dwarf Mosaic Virus In Resistant And Susceptible Maize. Z.B. Chen, T. Meulia, R.A. Bouchard, M.G. Redinbaugh, S.A. Hogenhout and D.T. Gordon.

9.

Down-Regulation Of CYP79D1 And CYP79D2 Genes To Obtain Acyanogenic Cassava Plant. Dimuth Siritunga and Richard Sayre.

10.

Establishing A Statewide TAC Library Service For Ohio Plant Molecular Biologists. Shaohong Qu and Guo-Liang Wang.

11.

Evidence For Utility Of A Chlamydomonas Cell-Wall-Deficient Mutant For Identification Of Novel Heavy Metal Stress-Induced Genes. Peter Rubinelli, Surasak Suripornadulsil, and Richard T. Sayre.

12.

The Function Of F-Box Protein AtFBL3 In Sugar And ABA Signaling In Arabidopsis thaliana. Wenyan Xiao and Jyan-Chyun Jang.

13.

Est Data Mining: Novel Extracellular Proteins From The Oomycete Plant Pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Trudy Torto, Allison Styer and Sophien Kamoun.

14.

Heavy Metal Binding Capacity Of Chlamydomonas Cells Expressing Gene Encoding Synthetic Heavy Metal Binding Proteins. Surasak Siripornadulsil and Richard T. Sayre.

15.

Integrating Knowledge About The Structure, Function, And Evolution Of Myb Proteins. Edward L. Braun, Daan van Aalten, and Erich Grotewold.

16.

Kinetics And Location Of Phototropism In Zea mays L. Roots. C. Wolverton, J.L. Mullen, H. Ishikawa, M.L. Evans.

17.

Identification Of Heavy Metal Binding Peptides From A Combinatorial Phage Display Library. Jaime Ewalt and Richard Sayre.

18.

Map-Based Cloning Of The Broad-Spectrum Blast Resistance Gene Pi9. Guifu Liu, Shaohong Qu, Guodong Lu, Guo-liang Wang.

19.

Identification of a Potential pheophytin binding site and its role in regulating electron transfer in the PSII reaction center complex. L. Xiong, HG, Johnston, M. Seibert, MR. Wasielewski, RT. Sayre.

20.

Gravitropism In High Density Media Supports Plastid-Based Sensing In Protonemata Of The Moss Ceratodon. Jochen M. Schwuchow and Fred D. Sack.

21.

Mapping The Genetic Determinants Of Virulence Of Two Maize Streak Mastrevirus (MSV) Isolates From Kenya. R. Edema, P. Ngwira, M. Redinbaugh, D. Bisaro and D.T. Gordon.

22.

Increasing Starch Production In Cassava By Over-Expressing Genes Involved In Carbohydrate Metabolism. Uzoma E. Ihemere and Richard T. Sayre.

23.

Microtubular Arrangements In Stomatal Development In Arabidopsis. J. Lucas, J. Nadeau, F. Sack.

24.

NMP1 - A Potential Component Of The Internal Plant Nuclear Matrix. Annkatrin Rose, Frank Gindullis, and Iris Meier.

25.

Nonhost Resistance Of Arabidopsis To The Oomycete Pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Edgar Huitema and Sophien Kamoun.

26.

Nuclear Position And Asymmetric Divisions Involved In Stomatal Patterning In Arabidopsis. D. Deppong, M. Geisler, J. Nadeau, F. Sack.

27.

Plant Nuclear Matrix/Nuclear Envelope Proteins: Plant-Specific Components Of Chromatin Organization? Iris Meier, Frank Gindullis, and Nancy J. Peffer.

28.

Plants Secrete Compounds That Mimic Bacterial Signals And Affect Bacterial Behaviors. W. Dietz Bauer, Max Teplitski, Vaidehi Deshmukh and Jayne B. Robinson.

29.

Regulation Of A Two-Member Gene Family Encoding The L3 Ribosomal Protein In Arabidopsis. Michael Tilley and Randy Scholl.

30.

The Regulatory Role Of Glucose In Cell Expansion. Shin Gene Kang and Jyan-Chyun Jang.

31.

A RubisCO Homolog From Chlorobium tepidum: What Does It Do? Thomas E. Hanson and F. Robert Tabita.

32.

A Two-Component Signal Transduction System Regulates The Hrp-Type III Secretion System In Pantoea stewartii During Infection Of Maize. Merighi Massimo, Doris Majerczak and David Coplin.

33.

Sterols As Signaling Molecules In Plant Development Revealed By The fk-J79 Mutant And The Inhibitor Of C-14 Sterol Reductase. Jun-Xian He, Shin Gene Kang, and Jyan-Chyun Jang.

34.

Understanding The Molecular Basis Of Programmed Cell Death And Its Relationship With Disease Resistance In Rice. Lirong Zeng and Guo-Liang Wang.

35.

Using GFP As An Early Indicator Of Soybean Transformation: GFP As A Reporter Gene Displays Variability In Expression During The Early Stages Of Soybean Transformation. K.M. Larkin and J.J. Finer.

36.

Plant Myb Domains Mediate Protein-Protein Interactions Essential For Regulatory Specificity. J. M. Hernandez, T. J. Matulnik, and E. Grotewold.

37.

Investigating the Function of Recently Duplicated Transcription Factors. Anusha Dias, Edward Braun, and Erich Grotewold.

38.

Engineering Flavonoid Biosynthesis. Xiaoyun Dong and Erich Grotewold.

39.

Subcellular Trafficking of Plant Secondary Metabolites. Y. Lin and E. Grotewold.

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