Il-ha Lee

In order to gain insight into the molecular changes at the protein level in plants exposed to low temperature for a long period of time (vernalization), proteome analyses of vernalization-treated Arabidopsis thaliana have been carried out by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis followed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Fourteen proteins including ATP binding/GTP binding/translation elongation factor and glycine-rich RNA-binding protein 7 (GRP7) show

Plants have evolved a mechanism to synchronize flowering time in response to environments. How plants recognize specificseasons for flowering has been a long sought question, thus, more than 100 years of research has been focused on this question. Especially in the past two decades, remarkable achievements have been made in identifying the molecular mechanismfor flowering. Here we summarize the breakthroughs made in this field over the past century including discoveries of photoperiodicand verna

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) and small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are two major classes of small non-coding RNAs with important roles in the regulation of gene expression, such as mRNA degradation and translational repression, heterochromatin formation, genome defense against transposons and viruses in eukaryotes. MiRNA- and siRNA-directed processes have emerged as a regulatory mechanism for growth and development in both animals and plants. To identify small RNAs that might be involved in vernalization, a

고온에서 발현이 유도되도록 한 개화촉진유전자 HSpro-FT를 국립원예특작과학원에서 육성된 스프레이타입 국화 2품종('Pink PangPang'과 'Pink Pride')에 도입하여 획득한 형질전환체가 고온기에 화아가 분화하고 고온단일조건에서 화아가 발달하게 되는 조건에서 재배되었을 때 개화가 촉진되었다. HSpro-FT 유전자는 pCAMBIA2300에 삽입되어 Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58C1을 통하여 국화로 도입되었다. 아그로박테리움과의 접종 후 재분화 배지(MS + 1.0 mg/L BA + 0.5 mg/L IAA + 0.7% plant agar, pH 5.8)에 10 mg/L 과 20 mg/L kanamycin이 첨가된 1, 2차 선발배지에서 재분화된 신초를 선발하였다. PCR분석에 의해 'Pink PangPang'유래 재분화 신초 117개체와 'Pink Pride'유래 5개체로부터 FT 유전자가 도입되었음을 확인하였다. HSpro-FT 유전자 형질전환

To date, it has been assumed that the evolution of a protein complex is different from that of other proteins. However, there have been few evidences to support this assumption. To understand how protein complexes evolve, we analyzed the evolutionary constraints on ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 6 (ARP6), a component of the SWR1 complex. Interspecies complementation experiments using transgenic plants that ectopically express transARP6s (ARP6s from other organisms) showed that the function of ARP6s is co