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Integrative Plant Physiology

Peng, Jianling [1], Nikolau, Basil J [2], Wurtele, Eve [3].

A possible gene involved in starch metabolism.

With the aim of identifying regulatory genes involved in starch metabolism, we have used a bioinformatics approach (MetaOmGraph, url) to evaluate co-expression transcript profiles across multiple conditions. We identified four genes of unknown function that are potentially involved in starch metabolism. We evaluated the phenotype of three independent knockout mutants of a single one of these genes. All three have a similar morphology compared to their corresponding wild type plant across a variety of growth conditions. Starch granule size and shape are unchanged. However, the mutants display an increased starch phenotype. Our data indicate that this gene may play a role in regulation of function of the starch metabolic network.


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1 - Iowa State University, Genetics, Developmental and Cell Biology, 253 Bessey Hall, Ames, Iowa, 50011, United State
2 - Iowa State University, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
3 - Iowa State University, Genetics, Developmental and Cell Biology

Keywords:
starch
co-expression
bioinformatics.

Presentation Type: Plant Biology Abstract
Session: P
Location: Exhibit Hall (Northeast, Southwest & Southeast)/Hilton
Date: Sunday, July 8th, 2007
Time: 8:00 AM
Number: P04006
Abstract ID:501


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